Ie

adj, adv, name, noun

adj, adv, name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of infective endocarditis. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Adjective
  1. 1
    Initialism of Indo-European. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable

    "IE linguistics"

Adverb
  1. 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)."

Adverb
  1. 1
    a figure of speech used as a way to provide further information, or to be more specific or exact about something wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Indo-European. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, usually
  2. 2
    Initialism of Iarnród Éireann (“Irish Railways”). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of Indian English. abbreviation, alt-of

    "more widely and more freely in Indian English (IE) than in other international varieties"

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"This book sells very well, ie it is sold to many people."

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