Meaning

1 senses
  1. An initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples: for the sake of an example; for example.

    Continents (e.g., Asia) contain many large bodies of water (e.g., lakes and inland seas) and many large flowing streams of water (i.e., rivers).

    z. B. (zum Beispiel), bspw. (beispielsweise)

    напр.napr.

    наприкладnapryklad

More definitions
  • as an example

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples:
Русский
By meaning 1
initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples:

Origin

The adverb is a terser form of ex. gr., both abbreviating Latin exemplī grātiā (“for the s

The adverb is a terser form of ex. gr., both abbreviating Latin exemplī grātiā (“for the sake of an example”); e.g. was also used as an abbreviation in Latin.

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Synonyms

4 synonyms
f.e.f.ex.
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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