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Definitions

that is

ADVERB
id est
Synonyms
WEAK
as it were i.e.
ADVERB
namely
Synonyms
STRONGEST
especially i.e. particularly specially specifically
STRONG
videlicet viz.
WEAK
by way of explanation expressly id est in other words in plain English scilicet strictly speaking to wit
Antonyms
STRONGEST
broadly commonly generally usually
ADVERB
scilicet
Synonyms
WEAK
by way of explanation especially expressly i.e. id est in other words in plain English particularly specially specifically strictly speaking to wit videlicet viz.
ADVERB
videlicet
Synonyms
STRONGEST
namely
STRONG
viz.
WEAK
by way of explanation especially expressly i.e. id est in other words in plain English particularly scilicet specially specifically strictly speaking to wit

Example Sentences

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It’s a process that is messy, human and complicated.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

In our era, that is what laws like the Presidential Records Act make possible.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

However, those coalitions will be tested in a presidential election without the incumbent on the ballot, a moment that is growing closer every day.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

“For the listener, who listens in the snow, / And, nothing himself, beholds / Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

And that is when I finally realized: He knew.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse