ibid.
Americanabbreviation
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Etymology
Origin of ibid.
Latin: in the same place
Explanation
When you see ibid. in a list of references or citations, it's a shortcut that lets you know the given information was found in a previously mentioned source. The word ibid. is actually short for the Latin word ibidem, meaning "in the same place." It is used in citations to refer back to the same source previously cited. This is handy in scholarly work when the same book or article is cited multiple times in a row. For example, if you're writing a paper and use several different facts from the same book, using ibid. can save you from repeating the full citation each time.
Example Sentences
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The first who suggested Beira in place of Minho seems to have been Corrêa da Serra, editor of the Ineditos, ibid., vol. ii, p.
From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. I by Gomes Eannes de Azurara
A different regulation in that of the Latians and Olontians, p. 134.578.Vid. ibid. p.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller
I., 387; “Annals of Cong.,” 8th Cong., 1st Sess., 1023-4; ibid., 9th Cong., 1st Sess., 466-8.497.“Ind.
From The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 by Arthur Clinton Boggess
These articles by Professors Ross and Merriam were written in the course of an interesting controversy between the gentlemen named, Tuttle, C. A., "The Wealth Concept," ibid., vol.
From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester) Anderson
François is also the author of the monument of the Longuevilles, which, before the Revolution, was at the Célestins, and was seen in 1815 at the museum des Petits-Augustins, Lenoir, ibid., p.
From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Victor Cousin
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