THE WORD · N3
すなわち
i.e.
Conjunction
彼の提案とは要するにすなわち命令だった。
His proposal was essentially an order.
Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: tsukimori · French : sacredceltic
Parts of speech
Conjunction
The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.
Other written forms: 即ち
English dictionary meanings
- that is (to say)
- namely
- i.e.
- or
- precisely
- exactly
- just
- nothing but
- neither more nor less
- if one does ..., then
- in that case
- then
- so
- accordingly
- thereupon