Definition of In other words

1. Adverb. Otherwise stated. "In other words, we are broke"

Exact synonyms: Put Differently

Definition of In other words

1. Adverb. (context: conjunctive idiomatic) Stated or interpreted another way; (non-gloss definition Used to introduce an explanation, simplification, or clarification). ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of In Other Words

in one's sights
in one's stead
in one's time
in one's tracks
in one case
in one ear
in one hell of a hurry
in one sitting
in one voice
in operation(p)
in opposition
in order
in order(p)
in order that
in order to
in other words
in parallel
in pari materia
in part
in particular
in peace
in perpetuity
in person
in person(p)
in personam
in petto
in phase
in place
in place of

Literary usage of In other words

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"in other words, the phrase, standing by itself, would not enable him to execute at all. The President is to "take care that the law§ be faithfully executed. ..."

2. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1875)
"... or, in other words, joint-tenants have one and the same interest, accruing by one and the same conveyance, commencing at one and the same time, ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... крали? lines of descent docs not involve any elaborate or unlikely process 4 growth. in other words, the Malpighian tubes of the urr>> • Arachnida arc ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"in other words there is no stress tangential to the interface at any point. Hence if the contiguous portions are at relative rest, or have a relative motion ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"By the rule of the admiralty court, where there has been such contributory negligence, or, in other words, when both have been in fault, the entire damages ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"This is a real fault of commission; with regard to the other criticisms it ь not always fair to judge a poet for faults of omission, or in other words for ..."

7. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"in other words, the phrase, standing by itself, would not enable him to execute at all. The President is to "take care that the law§ be faithfully executed. ..."

8. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1875)
"... or, in other words, joint-tenants have one and the same interest, accruing by one and the same conveyance, commencing at one and the same time, ..."

9. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... крали? lines of descent docs not involve any elaborate or unlikely process 4 growth. in other words, the Malpighian tubes of the urr>> • Arachnida arc ..."

10. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"in other words there is no stress tangential to the interface at any point. Hence if the contiguous portions are at relative rest, or have a relative motion ..."

11. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"By the rule of the admiralty court, where there has been such contributory negligence, or, in other words, when both have been in fault, the entire damages ..."

12. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"This is a real fault of commission; with regard to the other criticisms it ь not always fair to judge a poet for faults of omission, or in other words for ..."

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