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1. namely

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Usually means: Specifying; clarifying by listing examples.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word namely:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. namely: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. namely: Merriam-Webster
  3. namely: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. namely: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. namely: Collins English Dictionary
  6. namely: Vocabulary.com
  7. Namely, namely: Wordnik
  8. namely: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. namely: Wiktionary
  10. namely: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. namely: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. namely: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Namely, namely: Dictionary.com
  14. namely: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Namely (company), Namely: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Namely: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. namely: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. namely: Rhymezone
  19. namely: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. namely: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. namely: FreeDictionary.org
  22. namely: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. namely: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. namely: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adverb:  Specifically; that is to say.
▸ adverb:  (now rare) Especially, above all.
▸ adjective:  Notable, distinguished; famous, renowned; well-known.

Similar:
videlicet, that is to say, viz., besides, i.e., include, except, concerning, whereas, pertaining, more...

Opposite:
instead, generally, broadly, unspecifically, vaguely

Types:
"namely", "that is", "that is to say", "to wit", "to be specific", "to that end", more...

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Similar:
videlicet, that is to say, viz., besides, i.e., include, except, concerning, whereas, pertaining, more...

Opposite:
instead, generally, broadly, unspecifically, vaguely

Types:
"namely", "that is", "that is to say", "to wit", "to be specific", "to that end", more...



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