in other words

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

in other words

1. (conjunctive, idiomatic) Stated or interpreted another way; Used to introduce an explanation, simplification, or clarification.

   He has another appointment on Thursday. In other words, I don't think he'll be attending your gathering.

   • 1809 July, “LINCOLNSHIRE.”, in The Universal Magazine (New Series), volume XII, number LXVIII, page 78, column 1:

     On Tuesday evening he sent a message to the office of the Stamford paper, requesting that, as the "mountain could not wait upon Mahomet, Mahomet would go to the mountain,"—or, in other words, that the printer would call upon him, and receive an order for executing some hand-bills announcing Mr. Lambert's arrival, and his desire to see company.

   • 2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     Hanks is known as being an avid reader of history and biography, and seems to seek out stories which offer a certain optimism and humanism. In other words, he plays – fundamentally – good people.

Synonyms

• (introducing an explanation etc): to put it another way, put differently, that is to say, i.e.; see also Thesaurus:in other words

Hyponyms

• (introducing an explanation etc): to wit, namely, viz.

Translations

stated or interpreted another way

• Arabic: وَبِعِبَارَة أُخْرَى (wa-bi-ʕibāra ʔuḵrā)
• Armenian: այսինքն (hy) (aysinkʻn), այլ կերպ ասած (ayl kerp asac)
• Bashkir: йәғни (yəğni), йәиһә (yəihə)
• Belarusian: і́ншымі сло́вамі (ínšymi slóvami), іна́кш ка́жучы (inákš kážučy)
• Bulgarian: с дру́ги ду́ми (s drúgi dúmi)
• Catalan: en altres mots, en altres paraules
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 換句話說／换句话说 (wun⁶ geoi³ waa⁶ syut³), 換言之／换言之 (wun⁶ jin⁴ zi¹)

  Mandarin: 換句話說／换句话说 (zh) (huànjùhuàshuō), 就是說／就是说 (zh) (jiùshìshuō)

• Czech: jinými slovy
• Danish: med andre ord (da), m.a.o.
• Dutch: zeg maar (nl), met andere woorden (nl)
• Esperanto: alivorte
• Estonian: teiste sõnadega
• Finnish: toisin sanoen
• French: autrement dit (fr), en d’autres termes (fr)
• German: mit anderen Worten
• Greek: με άλλα λόγια (el) (me álla lógia)
• Hungarian: más szóval, vagyis (hu)
• Ido: altravorte (io), altradice (io)
• Indonesian: dengan kata lain
• Italian: in altre parole (it)
• Japanese: つまり (ja) (tsumari), と言うことは (to iu koto wa), 言い換えれば (iikaereba)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: bi gotineke din

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: med andre ord

  Nynorsk: med andre ord

• Persian: به عبارت دیگر
• Polish: innymi słowy (pl)
• Portuguese: em outras palavras, ou seja (pt)
• Romanian: adică (ro)
• Russian: други́ми слова́ми (drugími slovámi), ина́че говоря́ (ru) (ináče govorjá), ины́ми слова́ми (ru) (inými slovámi)
• Serbo-Croatian: drugim riječima
• Slovak: inými slovami
• Spanish: en otras palabras, o sea (es), o séase (colloquial)
• Swedish: med andra ord (sv) (literally “with other words”), m.a.o. (sv)
• Tagalog: alalaong baga'y, sa ibang salita
• Turkish: başka bir deyişle
• Ukrainian: і́ншими слова́ми (ínšymy slovámy), іна́кше ка́жучи (inákše kážučy)
• Vietnamese: nói cách khác
• Welsh: mewn geiriau eraill

See also

• paraphrase

See also

• in so many words
• or words to that effect