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  • abbreviation id est (that is)

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  • abbreviation initialism That is; in other words; that is to say.

Etymologies

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From Latin i.e., an abbreviation of id est ("that is").

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Examples

  • On the other hand, in showing likelihood of confusion for the color of Advil tablets, the survey population was deemed too narrow because it looked only at Advil users instead of at users of ibuprofen under any label i.e., potential Advil users as well.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

  • On the other hand, in showing likelihood of confusion for the color of Advil tablets, the survey population was deemed too narrow because it looked only at Advil users instead of at users of ibuprofen under any label i.e., potential Advil users as well.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

  • On the other hand, in showing likelihood of confusion for the color of Advil tablets, the survey population was deemed too narrow because it looked only at Advil users instead of at users of ibuprofen under any label i.e., potential Advil users as well.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

  • Arabic lexicography isn't the issue here: the real issue is whether Lewis is right to associate rising camels with the contemporary meaning of the term thawra, and whether anyone using the term in Arabic, i.e., a native speaker, would find the rising camel of any relevance.

    Orientalism: An Exchange Grabar, Oleg 1982

  • The goal was to select a name i.e., a combination of characters that sounded like Bosch when pronounced in both Mandarin and Cantonese, that had positive meanings that related to Bosch’s core business or image as an organization, that had no negative sound associations, and that was distinct from other corporate names so as not to raise trademark infringement issues.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

  • The goal was to select a name i.e., a combination of characters that sounded like Bosch when pronounced in both Mandarin and Cantonese, that had positive meanings that related to Bosch’s core business or image as an organization, that had no negative sound associations, and that was distinct from other corporate names so as not to raise trademark infringement issues.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

  • The goal was to select a name i.e., a combination of characters that sounded like Bosch when pronounced in both Mandarin and Cantonese, that had positive meanings that related to Bosch’s core business or image as an organization, that had no negative sound associations, and that was distinct from other corporate names so as not to raise trademark infringement issues.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

  • Let c be the length of the diagonal and start by assuming that c can be expressed as a fraction, say, m/n, expressed in lowest terms i.e., so m and n have no common divisor, in particular that they are not both even.

    Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001

  • Intensity of mood refers to the degree or amplitude of emotional expression i.e., the degree of arousal.

    The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993

  • Further, specific indications relate to traditional diagnostic labels i.e., disease A responds, disease B does not.

    The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993

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  • Short form of id est.

    May 22, 2007

  • id est = that is

    January 19, 2008

  • Not to be confused with e.g.! The two are not interchangeable.

    August 19, 2008

  • I.e., they're different. ;-)

    August 19, 2008

  • No product placement please.

    August 19, 2008

  • ...but I would like permission to tout Charleston, South Carolina, the most beautiful city in America, where the Confederacy started. Charleston is the emotional capital of South Carolina.

    August 19, 2008

  • Remember, i.e. means "in other words" and e.g. means "for example".

    August 21, 2008

  • Do you know Dara Torres will be 42 next year?

    August 21, 2008

  • What?? She will?

    August 21, 2008

  • The Oatmeal's explanation when to use 'i.e.' : http://theoatmeal.com/comics/ie

    August 22, 2010