exempli gratia

American

[ek-sem-plee grah-tee-ah, ig-zem-plahy grey-shee-uh, -zem-plee] / ɛkˈsɛm pli ˈgrɑ tiˌɑ, ɪgˈzɛm plaɪ ˈgreɪ ʃi ə, -ˈzɛm pli /

adverb

Latin.

e.g.

exempli gratia British

/ ɪɡˈzɛmplaɪ ˈɡrɑːtɪˌɑː /

Abbreviation: e.g.. eg.. eg. for the sake of example

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E.g. is short for a Latin term, exempli gratia, that means “for example.”

From Literature

Little girls, exempli gratia, may not lie on their backs and kick their legs up.

From Project Gutenberg

Why, two can play at that game; exempli gratia, Reviler, babble not of gold, nor nurse Hope of escape from these our hands that hold thee.

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