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IN OTHER WORDS
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Otherwise stated
Example:
in other words, we are broke
Synonyms:
in other words; put differently
Classified under:
Context examples:
In other words, you fear a mutiny.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
In other words, Lord Avon, I make myself responsible, as the representative of the law, that you are held in safe custody until your person may be required of me.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Or, in other words, you are determined to have him.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
In other words, ketamine had blocked the effects of over-activating area 25, which would otherwise blunt anticipation.
(Marmoset study gives insights into loss of pleasure in depression, University of Cambridge)
You will admit, Mr. Holmes, that there is a possibility that these initials are those of the second person who was present—in other words, of the murderer.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Well, when they closed their League offices that was a sign that they cared no longer about Mr. Jabez Wilson’s presence—in other words, that they had completed their tunnel.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In other words, remembering more specific positive events reduced their vulnerability to depression over the course of one year.
(Recalling happy memories during adolescence can reduce risk of depression, University of Cambridge)
In other words, the color people were seeing could not be attributed to the light hitting the eye, but to unconscious inferences about the proper color of faces.
(Rosy health and sickly green: color associations play robust role in reading faces, National Institutes of Health)
In other words, in adult mice, regions of the genetic code that are critical for regeneration are closed for business.
(Researchers unlock regenerative potential of cells in the mouse retina, National Institutes of Health)
In other words, the ‘brrr-hm’ call more than tripled the chances of a successful interaction, yielding honey for the humans and wax for the bird, says Spottiswoode.
(How humans and wild Honeyguide birds call each other to help, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
