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That is to say; namely; specifically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal, not-comparable
Examples
- The directors of the company, to wit, Fred Smith and Albert Jones, inform us that...
- The defendant is charged with possession of a controlled substance, to wit, cocaine...
- Among the arrests is a man charged with possession of stolen goods, to wit: 50 beer crates.
- July 2000, Todd Greanier, Discover the secrets of the Java Serialization API Though the animation code above demonstrates how a thread could be included as part of an object while still making that object be serializable, there is a major problem with it if we recall how Java creates objects. To wit, when we create an object with the new keyword, the object’s constructor is called only when a new instance of a class is created.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
as follows
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: namely, viz., that is to say, videlicet
Antonyms: none provided
Originally, a shortening of that is to wit (“that is to know”); see wit.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
dit wil sê
— namely, specifically
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Chinese Mandarin:
即
(jí)
— namely, specifically
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Danish:
nemlig
— namely, specifically
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Dutch:
te weten
— namely, specifically
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Dutch:
namelijk
— namely, specifically
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Esperanto:
nome
— namely, specifically
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French:
à savoir
— namely, specifically
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French:
assavoir
— namely, specifically
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German:
und zwar
— namely, specifically
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German:
als da wären
— namely, specifically
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German:
nämlich
— namely, specifically
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Italian:
cioè
— namely, specifically
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Japanese:
つまり
(tsumari)
— namely, specifically
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Latin:
vidēlicet
— namely, specifically
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Latin:
id est
— namely, specifically
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Norwegian Bokmål:
nemlig
— namely, specifically
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
nemleg
— namely, specifically
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Polish:
mianowicie
— namely, specifically
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Polish:
czyli
— namely, specifically
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Polish:
to znaczy
— namely, specifically
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Polish:
to jest
— namely, specifically
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Portuguese:
isto é
— namely, specifically
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Portuguese:
ou seja
— namely, specifically
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Russian:
а и́менно
(a ímenno)
— namely, specifically
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Russian:
то́ есть
(tó jestʹ)
— namely, specifically
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Scottish Gaelic:
eadhan
— namely, specifically
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Spanish:
a saber
— namely, specifically
