"i.e." meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˌaɪˈiː/ [Received-Pronunciation, US], /ɪd ɛst/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: en-us-i.e..ogg [US]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: From Latin i. e., a Latinistic abbreviation of id est (“that is”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|i. e.}} Latin i. e., {{m|la|id est||that is}} id est (“that is”) Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} i.e.
  1. (initialism) That is, namely, in other words, that is to say. Tags: initialism Synonyms: i. e., ie Translations (that is): d.w.s. (Afrikaans), أَيْ (ʔay) (Arabic), يَعْنِي (yaʕnī) (Arabic), այսինքն (aysinkʻn) (Armenian), yəni (Azerbaijani), йәғни (yəğni) (Bashkir), гэ́та зна́чыць (héta znáčycʹ) (Belarusian), г. зн. (h. zn.) (Belarusian), ইয়ানে (iẏane) (Bengali), т.е. (t.e.) (Bulgarian), то́ест (tóest) (Bulgarian), és a dir (Catalan), això és (Catalan), 也就是 (yějiùshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 就是 (jiùshì) (Chinese Mandarin), (jí) (Chinese Mandarin), 亦即 (yìjí) (Chinese Mandarin), tj. (Czech), dvs. (Danish), d.w.z. (Dutch), t.e. (Esperanto), ehk (Estonian), eli (Finnish), ts. (Finnish), l. [dated] (Finnish), c.-à-d. (French), c’est-à-dire (French), é dicir (Galician), ou sexa (Galician), ესე იგი (ese igi) (Georgian), ე.ი. (e.i.) (Georgian), d. h. (German), δηλ. (dil.) (Greek), δηλαδή (diladí) (Greek), היינו \ הָיְנוּ (háy'nu) (Hebrew), כְּלוֹמַר (klomár) (Hebrew), זאת אומרת (zót oméret) (Hebrew), קְרִי (qri) (Hebrew), अर्थात (arthāt) (Hindi), यानी (yānī) (Hindi), azaz (Hungarian), ill. (Hungarian), þ.e. (Icelandic), þ.e.a.s. (Icelandic), t.e. (Ido), c.e. (Ido), .i. (Irish), cioè (Italian), すなわち (sunawachi) (Japanese), つまり (tsumari) (Japanese), (jeuk) (alt: ) (Korean), (got) (Korean), i. e. (Latin), sc. (Latin), h. e. (english: hoc est) (Latin), t.y. [initialism] (Lithuanian), т.е. (t.e.) (Macedonian), то ест (english: to est) (Macedonian), iaitu (Malay), yakni (Malay), അതായത് (atāyatŭ) (Malayalam), anku (Northern Kurdish), yanî (Northern Kurdish), dvs. (Norwegian Bokmål), d.e. (Norwegian Nynorsk), dvs. (Norwegian Nynorsk), ꝥ is (Old English), .i. (Old Irish), یعنی (ya'ni) (Persian), tzn. (Polish), tj. (Polish), czyli (Polish), isto é (Portuguese), ou seja (Portuguese), т. е. (english: t. je.) (Russian), то́ есть (tó jestʹ) (Russian), .i. (Scottish Gaelic), тј. (alt: то јест) [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), tj. (tȏ jȅst) [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), čiže (Slovak), tzn. (Slovak), teda (Slovak), es decir (Spanish), a saber (Spanish), o sea (Spanish), esto es (Spanish), yaani (Swahili), dvs (Swedish), d v s (Swedish), d.v.s. (Swedish), яъне (yaʾne) (Tajik), དེ་ཡང (de yang) (Tibetan), དེའང (de'ang) (Tibetan), དེ་ལའང (de la'ang) (Tibetan), དེ་ལ (de la) (Tibetan), དེ་ལ་འདིར (de la 'dir) [formal] (Tibetan), འདི་ལྟ་སྟེ ('di lta ste) [literary] (Tibetan), yani (Turkish), то́бто (tóbto) (Ukrainian), یعنی (yā'nī) (Urdu), yani (Uzbek), tức (Vietnamese), ד"ה (d"h) (Yiddish)

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          "code": "cs",
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          "code": "da",
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          "code": "et",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "eli"
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          "code": "fr",
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        {
          "code": "fr",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "that is",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "that is",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "that is",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "that is",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "dil.",
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diladí",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "δηλαδή"
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          "code": "he",
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          "sense": "that is",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "klomár",
          "sense": "that is",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "sense": "that is",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "qri",
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "arthāt",
          "sense": "that is",
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "yānī",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "यानी"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "azaz"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "ill."
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "þ.e."
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "þ.e.a.s."
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "t.e."
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "c.e."
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        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": ".i."
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "cioè"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sunawachi",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "すなわち"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsumari",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "つまり"
        },
        {
          "alt": "卽",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeuk",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "즉"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "got",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "곧"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "anku"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "yanî"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "i. e."
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "sc."
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "english": "hoc est",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "h. e."
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "that is",
          "tags": [
            "initialism"
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          "word": "t.y."
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        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "t.e.",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "т.е."
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "english": "to est",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "то ест"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "iaitu"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "yakni"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "atāyatŭ",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "അതായത്"
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        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "dvs."
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "d.e."
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "dvs."
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "ꝥ is"
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        {
          "code": "sga",
          "lang": "Old Irish",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": ".i."
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "ya'ni",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "یعنی"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "tzn."
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "tj."
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "czyli"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "isto é"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "ou seja"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "т. е."
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "tó jestʹ",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "то́ есть"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": ".i."
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          "sense": "that is",
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          "word": "тј."
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "tj. (tȏ jȅst)"
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          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "čiže"
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        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "tzn."
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        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "teda"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "es decir"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "a saber"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "o sea"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "esto es"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "yaani"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "dvs"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "d v s"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "d.v.s."
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "yaʾne",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "яъне"
        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "de yang",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "དེ་ཡང"
        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "de'ang",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "དེའང"
        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "de la'ang",
          "sense": "that is",
          "word": "དེ་ལའང"
        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "de la",
          "sense": "that is",
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      "sense": "that is",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "code": "et",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "that is",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "ესე იგი"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "he",
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      "code": "he",
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      "code": "he",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "azaz"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "ill."
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    {
      "code": "is",
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      "code": "is",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "that is",
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsumari",
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      "alt": "卽",
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      "roman": "jeuk",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "즉"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "got",
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      "word": "곧"
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    {
      "code": "kmr",
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      "word": "anku"
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    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "yanî"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "i. e."
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    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "sc."
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "h. e."
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "that is",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "word": "т.е."
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      "code": "mk",
      "english": "to est",
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      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "то ест"
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "iaitu"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "yakni"
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    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "atāyatŭ",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "അതായത്"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "dvs."
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    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "d.e."
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      "code": "nn",
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    {
      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "ꝥ is"
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      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": ".i."
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ya'ni",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "یعنی"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "tzn."
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    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "tj."
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "czyli"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "isto é"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "ou seja"
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      "sense": "that is",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sk",
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      "word": "čiže"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "tzn."
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "teda"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "es decir"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "a saber"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "o sea"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "esto es"
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "yaani"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "dvs"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "that is",
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      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "yaʾne",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "яъне"
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      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "de yang",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "དེ་ཡང"
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    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "de'ang",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "དེའང"
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    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "de la'ang",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "དེ་ལའང"
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    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "de la",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "དེ་ལ"
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    {
      "code": "bo",
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      "roman": "de la 'dir",
      "sense": "that is",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "དེ་ལ་འདིར"
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    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "'di lta ste",
      "sense": "that is",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
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      "word": "འདི་ལྟ་སྟེ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "yani"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tóbto",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "то́бто"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "yā'nī",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "یعنی"
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    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "yani"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "that is",
      "word": "tức"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
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      "roman": "d\"h",
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  "word": "i.e."
}

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