Aliases
Use Aliases in a sentence
li noun
adverb
2.
at another time; in another place; in other circumstances; otherwise. “Simpson alias Smith” means that Simpson in other circumstances has called himself Smith.
Synonyms
1. nom de guerre; nom de plume, pseudonym.
1. nom de guerre; nom de plume, pseudonym.
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| —adv | |
| 1. | at another time or place known as or named: Dylan, alias Zimmerman |
| —n , -ases | |
| 2. | an assumed name |
| [C16: from Latin aliās (adv) otherwise, at another time, from alius other] | |
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Aliases
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
alias
mid-15c., lit. "otherwise called," from L. alias "at another time, in another way," from alius "(an)other," from PIE *al- "beyond" (cf. Skt. anya "other, different," Avestan anya-, Armenian ail, Gk. allos "another," Goth. aljis "other," O.E. elles "otherwise, else," Mod.Eng.
else). The noun meaning "assumed name" is first recorded c.1600.
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Example sentences
Online poker allows the pros to choose to compete as themselves and as aliases, sitting in on tables of other pros and novices.
It is not unusual for immigrants to have several aliases.
Casting directors have called actors at home and urged them to cross the line under aliases.
Soon they knew the agents' aliases, where they had stayed, and who else they had called.
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