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that is

that is adverb: in other words; that is to say. Used to introduce a clarification or explanation.

Adverb

that is (not comparable)

  1. (conjunctive) In other words; that is to say. Used to introduce a clarification or explanation
    • The Brazilian population is multiethnic—that is, it has many ethnicities.
    • We have never met —not formally, that is.
    Synonyms:
    that is to say, i.e., better put, in other words, put differently, to put it another way, what this means is, which is to say

that is meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

that is in Hindi

in other words
यानी yānī

that is in Tamil

in other words
அதாவது atāvatu

that is in Urdu

in other words
یعنی ya'nī

that is in Bengali

that is
অর্থাৎ orthat
More languagesFewer languages
that is in Telugu
వినియుక్తము viniyuktamu
that is in Tagalog
alalaong baga'y, kumbaga
that is in Arabic
يَعْنِي yaʕnī, أَي ʔay
that is in Malay
yakni
that is in Persian
یعنی ya'ni
that is in Thai
คือ kʉʉ
that is in Vietnamese
tức là, nghĩa là

Synonyms of that is

Origin of that is

Inherited from Old English þæt is.

Questions about that is

What does that is mean?
That is means in other words; that is to say. Used to introduce a clarification or explanation.
What is that is in Hindi?
That is in Hindi is यानी (yānī). See That is meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is that is?
That is is an adverb.

Words near that is in the dictionary

  1. that dog won't hunt
  2. that ever walked on two legs
  3. that figures
  4. that girl
  5. that guy
  6. that is
  7. that is it
  8. that is something
  9. that is that
  10. that is to say
  11. that much

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Adapted from Wiktionary: that is (page history and authors); অর্থাৎ (Bengali) (page history and authors); వినియుక్తము (Telugu) (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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