Meaning

1 senses
  1. (initialism)That is, namely, in other words, that is to say.

    While the final episode was made, the show itself was immediately cancelled after the penultimate episode i.e. the final episode never aired.

    d. h.

    т. е., то́ естьtó jestʹ

    то́бтоtóbto

More definitions
  • a figure of speech used as a way to provide further information, or to be more specific or exact about something

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From Latin i. e., an abbreviation of id est (“that is”).

From Latin i. e., an abbreviation of id est (“that is”).

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a figure of speech used as a way to provide further information, or to be more specific or exact about something:ieid est

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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