Ie
adj, adv, name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Initialism of infective endocarditis. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 1 Initialism of Indo-European. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
"IE linguistics"
- 1 Alternative form of i.e. alt-of, alternative
"Make sure your music software is stand-alone, too (ie, it doesn’t have to be loaded into a utility—we don’t want to have to mess around with bits of wire or umpteen different programs just to hear your maestropiece)."
- 1 a figure of speech used as a way to provide further information, or to be more specific or exact about something wordnet
- 1 Initialism of Indo-European. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, usually
- 2 Initialism of Iarnród Éireann (“Irish Railways”). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 3 Abbreviation of Indian English. abbreviation, alt-of
"more widely and more freely in Indian English (IE) than in other international varieties"
Example
More examples"This book sells very well, ie it is sold to many people."
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