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eg

eg is the alternative form of e.g..

Meaning of e.g.

Adverb

e.g.

  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).
    Synonyms:
    f.e., f.ex.

See all 2 meanings of e.g.

Noun capitalized: EG

EG (plural EGs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of envelope generator.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of ethylene glycol.

Forms of eg

pluralEGs

Questions about eg

What is eg the alternative form of?
Eg is the alternative form of e.g..
What part of speech is eg?
Eg is a noun.
What is the plural of eg?
The plural of eg is EGs.

Words near eg in the dictionary

  1. eFuses
  2. EFV
  3. EFVs
  4. Efwatakala grass
  5. Efé
  6. eg
  7. EG&S
  8. Eg.
  9. EGA
  10. egad
  11. Egadi Islands

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eg (page history and authors); EG (page history and authors); e.g. (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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