in other words

in other words

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Prepositional phrase

in other words

1. (conjunctive, idiomatic) Stated or interpreted another way; Used to introduce an explanation, simplification, or clarification.

   He has another appointment on Thursday. In other words, I don't think he'll be attending your gathering.

   • 2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC‎:

     Hanks is known as being an avid reader of history and biography, and seems to seek out stories which offer a certain optimism and humanism. In other words, he plays – fundamentally – good people.

Synonyms

• (introducing an explanation etc): to put it another way, put differently, that is to say, i.e.; see also Thesaurus:in other words

Hyponyms

• (introducing an explanation etc): to wit, namely, viz.

Translations

stated or interpreted another way

Arabic: وَبِعِبَارَة أُخْرَى‎ (wa-bi-ʿibāra ʾuḵrā) Bashkir: йәғни (yäğni), йәиһә (yäihä) Belarusian: і́ншымі сло́вамі (ínšymi slóvami), іна́кш ка́жучы (inákš kážučy) Chinese: Cantonese: 換句話說, 换句话说 (wun6 geoi3 waa6 syut3), 換言之, 换言之 (wun6 jin4 zi1) Mandarin: 換句話說／换句话说 (zh) (huànjùhuàshuō), 就是說／就是说 (zh) (jiùshìshuō) Czech: jinými slovy Danish: med andre ord, m.a.o. Dutch: zeg maar (nl), met andere woorden (nl) Esperanto: alivorte Estonian: teiste sõnadega Finnish: toisin sanoen French: autrement dit (fr), en d'autres termes (fr) German: mit anderen Worten Greek: με άλλα λόγια (el) (me álla lógia) Hungarian: más szóval Ido: altravorte (io), altradice (io) Indonesian: dengan kata lain Italian: in altre parole (it) Japanese: つまり (ja) (tsumari), と言うことは (to iu koto wa), 言い換えれば (iikaereba) Norwegian: Bokmål: med andre ord Nynorsk: med andre ord Persian: به عبارت دیگر‎ Polish: innymi słowy (pl) Portuguese: em outras palavras, ou seja (pt) Romanian: adică (ro) Russian: други́ми слова́ми (drugími slovámi), ина́че говоря́ (ru) (ináče govorjá), ины́ми слова́ми (ru) (inými slovámi) Serbo-Croatian: drugim riječima Spanish: en otras palabras, o sea (es), o séase (colloquial) Swedish: med andra ord (sv) (literally “with other words”), mao (sv) Tagalog: alalaong baga'y Turkish: başka bir deyişle Ukrainian: і́ншими слова́ми (ínšymy slovámy), іна́кше ка́жучи (inákše kážučy) Vietnamese: nói cách khác

See also

• paraphrase

See also

• in so many words
• or words to that effect