Alias

See also aliás

From Latin alias (“‘at another time; in post-Augustan period, at another time or place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise’”), feminine accusative plural of alius (“‘other’”). See else and alien.

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(WEAE) IPA: /ˈeɪ.li.əs/
Rhymes: -eɪliəs

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Alias (not comparable)

Positive
Alias

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

(law) Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called. (Used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of a person who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson.)

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AKA

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Singular
Alias

Plural
aliases

Alias (plural aliases)

Another name; an assumed name.
(law) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.

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pseudonym

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nom de plume

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another name; an assumed name

Bulgarian: псевдоним bg(bg), прозвище bg(bg)
German: Pseudonym de(de) n., Deckname de(de) m.

Japanese: 偽名 (ぎめい, gimei), 異名 (いみょう, imyō)
Simplified Chinese: 别名, 化名

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French: pseudonyme m.
Italian: pseudonimo m.
Portuguese: pseudônimo m.
Romanian: pseudonim n.
Spanish: seudónimo m.

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Infinitive
to Alias

Third person singular
aliases

Simple past
aliased

Past participle
aliased

Present participle
aliasing

to Alias (third-person singular simple present aliases, present participle aliasing, simple past and past participle aliased)

(computing) To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.

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Alias in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Alias in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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From Latin alias (“‘at another time; in post-Augustan period, at another time or place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise’”), feminine accusative plural of alius (“‘other’”).