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a·li·as
(ā′lē-əs, āl′yəs)n.
1. An assumed name: The swindler worked under various aliases.
2. Computers An alternate name or address, especially an email address that forwards incoming email to another address.
3. Electronics A false signal in telecommunication links from beats between signal frequency and sampling frequency.
adv.
Also known as; otherwise: Johnson, alias Johns.
[Latin aliās, otherwise, at another time, from feminine accusative pl. of alius, other; see al- in Indo-European roots.]
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alias
(ˈeɪlɪəs)adv
at another time or place known as or named: Dylan, alias Zimmerman.
n, pl -ases
an assumed name
[C16: from Latin aliās (adv) otherwise, at another time, from alius other]
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a•li•as
(ˈeɪ li əs)n., pl. -as•es,
adv. n.
1. a false name; an assumed name.
adv. 2. otherwise called. “Simpson alias Smith”.
[1525–35; < Latin: at another time, otherwise; compare else]
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Noun | 1. | alias - a name that has been assumed temporarily name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing" |
Adv. | 1. | ![]() |
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alias
noun
1. pseudonym, pen name, assumed name, stage name, nom de guerre, nom de plume He had rented a house using an alias.
adverb
1. also known as, otherwise, also called, otherwise known as, a.k.a. (informal) Richard Thorp, alias Alan Turner
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Translations
إسْم مُسْتَعَاراِسْم مُسْتَعارالشَهير بِـالمَعْرُوف بِكَذا، المُكَنَّى بِكَذَا
aliasfalešné jménojinak zvanýpseudonym
aliasdæknavnmed dæknavn
salanimitoiselta nimeltään
pseudonimzvan
más: más néven
falskt nafn, tökuheitiöîru nafni, einnig nefndur
・・・の別名で知られる別名
...라는 통칭으로 알려진가명
kitaip darpravardėslapyvardis
citā vārdāpieņemts vārds
falošné menoinak zvaný
lažno ime
alias
ฉายาอีกนัยหนึ่งเรียกว่า
diğer adıylanamı diğersahte adtakma adtakma adı ile
biệt hiệubiệt hiệu là
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alias
[ˈeɪliəs]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
alias
(ˈeiliəs) noun a false name. What alias did the crook use this time?
adverb otherwise known as. John Smith, alias Peter Jones.
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alias
→ اِسْم مُسْتَعار, الشَهير بِـ alias, pseudonym alias alias, Deckname ή, ψευδώνυμο alias salanimi, toiselta nimeltään alias, pseudonyme pseudonim, zvan alias, pseudonimo ・・・の別名で知られる, 別名 ...라는 통칭으로 알려진, 가명 alias alias, dekknavn alias, fałszywe nazwisko aliás, pseudónimo, pseudônimo иначе, прозвище alias ฉายา, อีกนัยหนึ่งเรียกว่า diğer adıyla, takma ad biệt hiệu, biệt hiệu là 别名, 化名Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009