in other words

Idioms  

1. Putting it differently, usually more simply or explicitly. For example, The weather was terrible, the plane took off several hours after the scheduled time, and then fog prevented their landing—in other words, they never got to the wedding at all. [Mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

It was Bell Labs’ responsibility, in other words, to create technologies for designing, expanding and improving an unruly communications network of cables and microwave links and glass fibers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Political change, in other words, is not necessarily the priority.

From Salon

The Court’s unanimous ruling, in other words, deals with the law and the ability to raise a constitutional claim.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some of the wilder estimates of $200 for Brent suggest to Brooks an assumption that price elasticity is zero – in other words, demand is not impacted at all.

From MarketWatch

Spector said it’s simply hard to look past the fact that Norris is “intensively authentic” — in other words, the tough-guy meme exists for a reason.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• especially
• i.e.
• particularly
• specially
• specifically