English

Alternative forms

• vid., videl.

Adverb

viz. ‎(not comparable)

1. Videlicet: namely, to wit, that is to say, specifically, as an illustration.
   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair. A novel without a hero.:

     The fact is, when Captain Dobbin blushed so, and looked so, it was necessary to inform the young ladies, viz., that he had been calling at Mr. Sedley's house already, […]

   • 1993, Hans Kamp and Uwe Reyle, From Discourse to Logic: Introduction to Modeltheoretic Semantics of Natural Language, Formal Logic and Discourse Representation Theory, page 51:

     This, however, makes it necessary to distinguish between two different types of gaps, viz. between “singular NP gaps” and “plural NP gaps.”

   • 2012, Matti Sintonen, Realism in Action: Essays in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences:

     As to (b), the joint intention, like any intention, commits the intending agents to carry out its content, viz. to act.

Usage notes

viz. is used to introduce a list or series. It differs from i.e. in that what follows normally expands upon what has already been said, rather than merely restating it in other words; and from e.g. in that completeness or near-completeness is suggested, rather than a small selection of examples.

Synonyms

• See namely

Translations

See also

• viz. on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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