i.e. English

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What does i.e. mean?

Definitions in simple English

i.e. Abbreviation

— This is a Latin abbreviation for id est (literally "that is"), and is used to explain something by saying it in a different way : in other words, which means are expressions having roughly the same meaning. They are just liars, i.e. they never tell the truth.

i.e.

— adverb that is to say; in other words