Continents (e.g., Asia) contain many large bodies of water (e.g., lakes and inland seas) and many large flowing streams of water (i.e., rivers).
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E.g.
//ˌiːˈdʒiː//
Synonyms for "e.g." (9 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(1 words)
Prep_phrase(1 words)
Strong matches (3)
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (4)
Translations
76 translations across 54 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- bv. (byvoorbeeld) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Albanian
1 entries- p. sh. (për shembull) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Arabic
2 entries- على سبيل المثال adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
- نحو adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Armenian
1 entries- օր. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Basque
1 entries- adib. (adibidez) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Bulgarian
1 entries- напр. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Catalan
1 entries- p. ex. (per exemple) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 例如 adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Czech
1 entries- např. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Danish
2 entries- f.eks. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
- fx (for eksempel) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Dutch
2 entries- bijv. (bijvoorbeeld) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
- bv. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Esperanto
1 entries- ekz. (ekzemple) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Estonian
1 entries- nt (näiteks) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Faroese
1 entries- t.d. (til dømis) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Finnish
1 entries- esim. (esimerkiksi) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
French
1 entries- par ex. (par exemple) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Georgian
1 entries- მაგ. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
German
2 entries- bspw. (beispielsweise) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
- z. B. (zum Beispiel) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Greek
2 entries- π.χ. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
- παραδείγματος χάριν adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Hebrew
3 entries- כְּגוֹן adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
- לְמָשָׁל adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
- לדוג׳ adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Hungarian
1 entries- pl. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Icelandic
1 entries- t.d. (til dæmis) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Irish
1 entries- m.sh. (mar shampla) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Italian
1 entries- ad es. (ad esempio) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Japanese
1 entries- 例えば adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Korean
1 entries- 예를 들면 adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Latin
3 entries- e. c. (exempli causa) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
- e. g. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
- ex. gr. (exempli gratia) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Latvian
1 entries- (piemēram) piem. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pvz. (pavyzdžiui) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- na pś. (na pśikład) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- z. B. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Macedonian
1 entries- на пр. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Malay
2 entries- cth. (contohnya) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
- mis. (misalnya) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- mîsalen adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
- w.m. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
- w.n. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
- wekî mînak adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Northern Sami
1 entries- omd. (ovdamearkka dihte) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- f.eks. (for eksempel) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
- t.d. (til dømes) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- f.eks. (for eksempel) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
- t.d. (til dømes) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Persian
1 entries- برای مثال adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Polish
1 entries- np. (na przykład) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Portuguese
2 entries- (por exemplo) ex. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
- p. ex. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Romanian
2 entries- de ex. (de exemplu) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
- e.g. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Russian
1 entries- напр. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- me adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- npr. (na primer) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
- нпр. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Slovak
1 entries- napr. (napríklad) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Slovene
1 entries- npr. (na primer) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Spanish
1 entries- p. ej. (por ejemplo) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Swedish
4 entries- exempelvis adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
- t ex adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
- t.ex. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
- tex. t. ex. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Tagalog
1 entries- hal. (halimbawa) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Turkish
1 entries- örn. adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Ukrainian
1 entries- наприклад adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Vietnamese
1 entries- vd. (ví dụ) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Welsh
1 entries- e.e. (er enghraifft) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Yoruba
1 entries- b.a. (bí àpẹẹrẹ) adv (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
For though all is not to be done that is to be believed, yet all muſt be believed to be lavvful and duty vvhich muſt be done as ſuch: e. g. VVe cannot love God, vvorſhip him, hear and read his VVord, &c. as by Divine obedience, unleſs vve believe it to be our duty by a Divine command.
Source: wiktionary
Stated in technical linguistic terms, in this treatise pœcilonymy is avoided; e. g., instead of tænia hippocampi in one place, corpus fimbriatum in another, and fimbria in a third, the last is consistently employed and the others given as synonyms.
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Might he become a gentleman farmer of field produce and live stock? Not impossibly, with 1 or 2 stripper cows, 1 pike of upland hay and requisite farming implements, e. g., an end-to-end churn, a turnip pulper etc.
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