e.g. en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /fɔɹ‿ɪɡˈzæmpəl/ (General-American)
- /ˌiˈd͡ʒi/ (General-American)
- /fɔːɹ‿ɪɡˈzɑːmpəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ˌiːˈdʒiː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
The adverb is a terser form of ex. gr., both abbreviating Latin exemplī grātiā (“for the sake of an example”); e.g. was also used as an abbreviation in Latin. The noun is derived from the adverb.
Meanings
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An initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples: for the sake of an example; for example.
For though all is not to be done that is to be believed, yet all muſt be believed to be lavvful and duty vvhich muſt be done as ſuch: e. g. VVe cannot love God, vvorſhip him, hear and read his VVord, &c. as by Divine obedience, unleſs vve believe it to be our duty by a Divine command.
1682, Richard Baxter, “Mr. [Henry] Dodwell’s Leviathan, or Absolute Destructive Prelacy, […]. Chapter III. The Consequence of Mr. Dodwell’s foresaid Doctrine.”, in An Answer to Mr. Dodwell and Dr. Sherlocke; Confuting an Universal Humane Church— […], London: […] Thomas Parkhurst, […], →OCLC, § 14, page 23:Might he become a gentleman farmer of field produce and live stock? Not impossibly, with 1 or 2 stripper cows, 1 pike of upland hay and requisite farming implements, e. g., an end-to-end churn, a turnip pulper etc.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 17: Ithaca]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 668:Stated in technical linguistic terms, in this treatise pœcilonymy is avoided; e. g., instead of tænia hippocampi in one place, corpus fimbriatum in another, and fimbria in a third, the last is consistently employed and the others given as synonyms.
1889 July 18, The Nation; quoted in “Dr. [Joseph] Leidy’s Anatomy”, in William Pepper [et al.], editors, The University Medical Magazine, volume II, number 1, Philadelphia, Pa.: A. L. Hummel, October 1889, →OCLC, page 45:Cities were not infrequently named after the era name in which they were founded (e.g., Shaoxing 紹興 in Zhejiang, after the Shaoxing era, 1131–62).
2000, Endymion Wilkinson, “Geography”, in Chinese History: A New Manual (Harvard–Yenching Institute Monograph Series; 52), revised edition, Cambridge, Mass.; London: Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard–Yenching Institute, →ISBN, page 135:The social status of the husband devolved on his wife, as implied in Pāṇini’s sūtra (Puṁyogād ākhyāyām, IV. 1. 48), i. e. a designation derived from her husband; e. g. mahāmātrī (ministrix), wife of a mahāmātra, a high government official, and gaṇakī, wife of a gaṇaka (accountant).
1963, V[asudeva] S[harana] Agrawala, “Social Life”, in India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī, 2nd edition, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh: Prithvi Kumar, Prithivi Prakashan, →OCLC, section 3 (Marriage), page 88:Continents (e.g., Asia) contain many large bodies of water (e.g., lakes and inland seas) and many large flowing streams of water (i.e., rivers).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| e. gr. | alternative | lexicographic | |
| e. g. | alternative | lexicographic | |
| eg | alternative | lexicographic | |
| ex. gr. | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (78)
vi vd. (ví dụ) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · hy օր. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · sv exempelvis (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · eu adib. (adibidez) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · sl npr. (na primer) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · pl np. (na przykład) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · no f.eks. (for eksempel) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · ja 例えば (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · no t.d. (til dømes) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · fi esim. (esimerkiksi) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · kmr wekî mînak (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · kmr wekî nimûne (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · la ex. gr. (exempli gratia) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · sv t.ex. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · he לְמָשָׁל (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · ro e.g. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · cy e.e. (er enghraifft) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · sq p. sh. (për shembull) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · dsb na pś. (na pśikład) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · tl hal. (halimbawa) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · se omd. (ovdamearkka dihte) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · cs např. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · ru напр. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · la e. c. (exempli causa) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · uk наприклад (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · ga m.sh. (mar shampla) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · da fx (for eksempel) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · eo ekz. (ekzemple) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · kmr mîsalen (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · sh нпр. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · lt pvz. (pavyzdžiui) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · lv (piemēram) piem. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · tr örn. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · fr par ex. (par exemple) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · ro de ex. (de exemplu) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · is t.d. (til dæmis) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · de z. B. (zum Beispiel) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · el παραδείγματος χάριν (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · af bv. (byvoorbeeld) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · nn t.d. (til dømes) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · pt (por exemplo) ex. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · mk на пр. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · es e. g. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · ms mis. (misalnya) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · yo b.a. (bí àpẹẹrẹ) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · ar نحو (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · kmr w.n. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · nl bv. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · et nt (näiteks) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · ms cth. (contohnya) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · sh npr. (na primer) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · ka მაგ. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · sk napr. (napríklad) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · es p. ej. (por ejemplo) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · lb z. B. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · da f.eks. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · la e. g. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · ca p. ex. (per exemple) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · pt p. ex. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · he לדוג׳ (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · he כְּגוֹן (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · de bspw. (beispielsweise) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · ko 예를 들면 (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · fo t.d. (til dømis) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · nl bijv. (bijvoorbeeld) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · gd me (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · el π.χ. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · kmr w.m. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · sv t ex (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · cmn 例如 (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · es e. gr. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · sv tex. t. ex. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · hu pl. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · bg напр. (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · ar على سبيل المثال (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · nn f.eks. (for eksempel) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · it ad es. (ad esempio) (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples) · fa برای مثال (initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples)