in other words

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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.

   • 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)
• 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