26984 words

namely

2 definitions • 3 examples
1
used when you want to give more detail or be more exact about something you have just said:

Examples:

We need to get more teachers into the classrooms where they're most needed, namely in high poverty areas.
I learned an important lesson when I lost my job, namely that nothing is a hundred percent guaranteed.
2
to be specific:

Examples:

He suggested that these so-called contributions are something else, namely taxes.

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