e.g.
adv/ˌiːˈdʒiː/UK/ˌiˈd͡ʒi/US
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.
Definitions
An initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples
An initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples: for the sake of an example; for example.
- 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).
An example.
- Lemurs are an e.g. of a non-simian primate.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for e.g.. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA