Meaning

2 senses

  1. To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.

  2. (ambitransitive)To make or become indistinguishable.

Examples

19 sentences

  1. Tom used an alias.

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  2. Tom Jackson is apparently an alias.

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  3. Tom Jackson is an alias.

    ruТом Джексон — это псевдоним. — Wezel

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  4. Tom Jackson uses several aliases.

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  5. Tom turned off the anti-aliasing option.

    ruТом отключил сглаживание. — Karok

    sabretou · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

From Latin alias (“at another time; at another place, elsewhere, under other circumstances

From Latin alias (“at another time; at another place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”). See else and alien.

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Forms

aliases, aliasing, aliased, aliased
Base formalias · to alias
3rd person singularaliases
Present participlealiasing
Past simplealiased
Past participlealiased

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyalias
he, she, italiases

Past simpleLesson

all personsaliased

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave aliased
he, she, ithas aliased

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill alias

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
algaalgebraalgebraicalgorithmalibialien
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