Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- conjunction Even though; although; notwithstanding.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Although; notwithstanding that.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- conjunction Even though; although; notwithstanding.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- conjunction Despite its being;
although .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Admittedly, the folks who vet potential judicial nominees have had other things to do, but the Bush folks were also preparing for a potential Supreme Court nomination early in their term albeit one that did not materialize.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Obama’s Other Judicial Nominations: 2009
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I'm appalled by the damage she is doing to her profession and her own reputation as a journalist - a term albeit used lightly in the realm of sports.
Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton Perez Hilton 2010
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I'm appalled by the damage she is doing to her profession and her own reputation as a journalist - a term albeit used lightly in the realm of sports.
Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton Perez Hilton 2010
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I'm appalled by the damage she is doing to her profession and her own reputation as a journalist - a term albeit used lightly in the realm of sports.
Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton Perez Hilton 2010
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It was ‘Now’ magazine, and the article was ‘Hot or Not?’ and showed pictures of various celebrities and the readers were invited to judge what they thought of them, albeit from the comfort of wherever the magazine was being read.
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Then came this concurrence from George Will's column on Sunday -- albeit from the opposite direction.
Maybe the Dems should lose the House? Jonathan Capehart 2010
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The much-hyped Fifth Summit of the Americas is now over, culminating with the Hemispheric leaders 'adoption of the Declaration of Commitment of Port of Spain - albeit with one signatory - the Prime Minister of host country Trinidad and Tobago, who purportedly signed on behalf of all participating leaders.
Global Voices in English » Americas: 5th Summit Reactions 2009
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Let us celebrate and encourage the powers that be, that they are finally doing the right thing albeit is amateurish at best.
Latest on Cork Church records going online… « Cork Genealogist 2010
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This question bothers me, albeit from a different perspective.
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I have a disturbing and growing sense that ‘change’ may indeed come – albeit from the thus far ‘quiet, normal and obeying’ citizens who are growing ever more fed up with the folly and legislative traps of the Legal Class – of which the story of Paul Clarke is but one example.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The New Gold Standard in Zero-Tolerance Insanity 2009
jeen0809 commented on the word albeit
His trip was successful, albeit tiring.
March 30, 2007
seanmeade commented on the word albeit
learned this from reading, never having heard it. thought for the longest time is was a French word pronounced to rhyme with 'weigh'
March 30, 2007
reesetee commented on the word albeit
Hmm...you know, I think I like your pronunciation better, seanmeade. :-)
March 30, 2007
evin290 commented on the word albeit
To be willing to suffer for the sake of freedom and justice is noble, albeit a bit stupid.
August 19, 2007
prasadkdr commented on the word albeit
Used in place of eventhough-It us a conjunction
April 28, 2008
dougsta22 commented on the word albeit
Is it pronounced All-be-it (as you see it) or Al-bite (as the scandinavians might)?
July 1, 2009
bilby commented on the word albeit
Unmarked American pronunciation on Forvo.
July 1, 2009
bilby commented on the word albeit
Also all-be.
January 15, 2024