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Meanings of id est in English

Spanish
es decir

That is to say; in other words.

        es decir
        Spanish
        i. e.
        Catalan
        id est

        Latin phrase.

              Related terms
              i. e.
              Usage of id est in English
              1
              De ceteris dixit qui illis traditis Satanae, id est, extra ecclesiam projectis, erudiri haberent blasphemandum non esse.
              The Ancient Church: Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitu...
              2
              He could say heartily with the Trojan priest, "Quicquid id est timeo Danaos et dona ferentes."
              George Washington, Volume I
              3
              Substantiae nomen significat essentiam cui competit sic esse, id est per se esse; quod tamen esse non est ipsa ejus essentia.
              The Divine Comedy, Volume 3, Paradise
              4
              Id est, sloping down from the escarpment which is to the south.)
              More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 / A Record of His Work...
              5
              Id est, because, the plant being grown from slips, one form alone usually occurs in any one garden.
              More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 / A Record of His Work...
              6
              So that the clearing up of my fourth point-idest, the discovery of the nature of these preparations-becomesour immediate concern.
              The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu
              Translations for id est
              Catalan
              id est