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IE

1

abbreviation for



-ie

2
  1. The noun-forming suffix -ie, originally the Scottish spelling of -y 2, first appears about 1400 in pet names and has spread into general usage. It is used to form words that are usually informal ( birdie, doggie ), and to form endearing or familiar names ( Millie, Susie ) or familiar diminutives ( sweetie ).

i.e.

3

[ ahy-ee ]

abbreviation for

  1. that is; that is to say; in other words:

    They spent their last day at camp enjoying their two favorite activities, i.e., swimming and ziplining.

    Our writers do a lot of research to avoid anachronisms—i.e., those errors that confuse the times of our stories with later times in history.

I.E.

4

abbreviation for

  1. Indo-European.
  2. Industrial Engineer.

ie

1

the internet domain name for

  1. Ireland


i.e.

2

abbreviation for

  1. id est

IE

3

abbreviation for

  1. Indo-European (languages)

-ie

4

suffix forming nouns

  1. See -y
    a variant of -y 2

i.e.

  1. An abbreviation for id est , a Latin phrase meaning “that is.” It indicates that an explanation or paraphrase is about to follow: “Many workers expect to put in a forty-hour week — i.e., to work eight hours a day.” ( Compare e.g. )


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Word History and Origins

Origin of IE1

From Latin id est

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Word History and Origins

Origin of IE1

Latin: that is (to say); in other words

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Example Sentences

Because the shop was emblematic of that peculiar Italian institution known as La Faccia: i.e. presenting the best face possible.

According to The Times, most jobs now pay less than $20 per hour, i.e., less than $40,000 annually.

The material (i.e. the slurs) generally gets inserted into other, larger pieces about policy debates.

Numerous drug companies have spent (i.e., wasted) hundreds of millions of dollars proving this fact.

“But time and again, they do just that”—i.e., open the boxes early and stack the books on the shelves.

Passing, now, to the other side of elasticity—i.e., contractility—can we say as much?

Or should we say that the note omitted was not Nt, but the present Parames and the interval of a tone (i.e. the disjunctive tone)?

Such was the auspiciousness of this find that the Trojans forthwith erected an altar to Juno, i.e., Cuno?

Yet midway between the two, i.e. in the British Isles, we have seen it but thrice!

It is all very well to say that “he carried the prejudices of his class (i.e. the middle class) into eternity!”

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