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exempli gratia

exempli gratia prepositional phrase: for the sake of an example.

Prepositional phrase

  1. For the sake of an example.
    • Exempli gratiâ, the venerable London Stone of many fables.1869, Richard F[rancis] Burton, Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil; with a Full Account of the Gold and Diamond Mines. Also, Canoeing Down 1500 miles of the Great River São Francisco, from...
    • Even if the respondents had been liable for their administration to the same extent as private trustees, I should still have thought that it was not only within the competency, but that it was the duty of the Court, before pronouncing any decree, to consider how far the respondents might be...1886, A. P. Stone, editor, The Law Reports. […] Appeal Cases before the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Also Peerage Cases., volume XI, London: […] for the Council of...
    Synonyms:
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Synonyms of exempli gratia

Origin of exempli gratia

Learned borrowing from Latin exemplī grātiā.

Questions about exempli gratia

What does exempli gratia mean?
Exempli gratia means for the sake of an example.
What part of speech is exempli gratia?
Exempli gratia is a prepositional phrase.

Words near exempli gratia in the dictionary

  1. exemplars
  2. exemplary
  3. exemplative
  4. exemple
  5. exemples
  6. exempli gratia
  7. exemplifiable
  8. exemplificate
  9. exemplificated
  10. exemplificates
  11. exemplificating

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