Phrase guide

in all but name

prep_phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

In practice, though in an unacknowledged way.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2012, Katie Kitamura, Gone to the Forest, New York: Free Press, Chapter 5, p. 76, He thinks: I have been running the farm in all but name. Leave and nothing here will change. You will see.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: de facto, for all intents and purposes, for all practical purposes, in everything but name, in practice, practically, virtually

Antonyms: none provided

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