exempli gratia love

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb For example.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • For the sake of example; by way of example; for example: usually abbreviated ex. gr. or e. g.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin exemplī grātiā, for the sake of example : exemplī, genitive of exemplum, example + grātiā, ablative of grātia, favor.]

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  • Latin for "for example." Used to indicate an illustration of a concept. Frequently abbreviated as e.g.

    May 22, 2007

  • -for instance

    e.g.

    October 19, 2010

  • Moriarty used this word when he was talking to Holmes about what happened to Irene.

    June 19, 2012