videlicet
/vɪˈdɛlɪsɛt/
videlicet adverb: namely, to wit, that is to say (used when clarifying or naming the preceding item or topic).
Adverb
videlicet (not comparable)
- Namely, to wit, that is to say (used when clarifying or naming the preceding item or topic)
- Videlicet,a Brothell, or ſo forth.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- —[…]My father did speak much of the day he was not speedily to forget, videlicet May Day of 1517, when there was great apprentice rioting against insolent foreigners.1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- namely
videlicet meaning in Hindi and Marathi
videlicet in Hindi
- videlicet, i.e., that is to say
- अर्थात arthāt
videlicet in Marathi
- videlicet, i.e., that is to say, in other words
- अर्थात arthāt
Synonyms of videlicet
Forms of videlicet
| alternative form | viz. |
|---|---|
| alternative form | vizt. |
| alternative form | vid. |
| alternative form | videl. |
Origin of videlicet
Borrowed from Latin vidēlicet, which itself is a contraction of vidēre licet, meaning "it is permitted to see".
Questions about videlicet
- What does videlicet mean?
- Videlicet means namely, to wit, that is to say (used when clarifying or naming the preceding item or topic).
- What is videlicet in Hindi?
- Videlicet in Hindi is अर्थात (arthāt). See Videlicet meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is videlicet?
- Videlicet is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce videlicet?
- Videlicet is pronounced /vɪˈdɛlɪsɛt/.
Words near videlicet in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: videlicet (page history and authors); अर्थात (Hindi) (page history and authors); अर्थात (Marathi) (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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