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id est

id est phrase: synonym of i.e. or that is.

Phrase

id est

  1. Synonym of i.e. or that is.
    • The air is robust, and the words, I am told, are very patriotic, id est self-glorificatory, but I do not care for them very much myself. One reason is that I am not a Dutchman, but the chief reason is that I do not understand them.1876 November 2, special correspondent, “The North Sea Canal”, in The Standard, number 16,313, London, published 6 November 1876, →OCLC, page 5, column 7
    • De Paor’s Clontarf pumping station — an angular, clanking, copper-clad bunker at the end of Vernon Avenue — will be finished within three months. Id est, a gritty, bent-tube lamp standard he designed for Clontarf, has been licensed for production by the London manufacturer, Urbis.2003 March 16, Shane O’Toole, “Architecture: Designer with a dream”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    i.e

Synonyms of id est

  • i.e

Origin of id est

From Middle English id est, from Old English id est, from Latin id est.

Questions about id est

What does id est mean?
Id est means synonym of i.e. or that is.
What part of speech is id est?
Id est is a phrase.

Words near id est in the dictionary

  1. ICZ
  2. ICZN
  3. id
  4. ID card
  5. ID cards
  6. id est
  7. ID hologram
  8. ID holograms
  9. id reaction
  10. id reactions
  11. ID restoration

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