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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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