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Well, the great thing for me about poetry is that in good poems the dislocation of words, that is to say, the distance between what they say they're saying and what they are actually saying is at its greatest.
Harry Mathews

Meaning of "that is to say" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THAT IS TO SAY

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THAT IS TO SAY

that
that goes without saying
that is
that makes two of us
that will be the day
that´d
that´ll
that´s
that´s an idea
that´s as may be
that´s done it
that´s enough!
that´s more like it
that´s that
that´s the shot
that´s the stuff
that´s the way the cookie crumbles
that´s torn it
thataway
thatch

WORDS THAT END LIKE THAT IS TO SAY

assay
bioassay
daresay
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
essay
gainsay
hearsay
I dare say
immunoassay
Lindsay
Lyndsay
not to say
Pasay
Quai d´Orsay
radioimmunoassay
Ramsay
Rothesay
say
strange to say
unsay

Synonyms and antonyms of that is to say in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «that is to say» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

也就是说
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

es decir
570 millions of speakers

English

that is to say
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कि कहने के लिए है
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وهذا يعني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

то есть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

que é para dizer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঐটাই বলতে হবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

c´est-à- dire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Iaitu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dh
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

すなわち
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그 말을하는 것입니다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sing kanggo ngomong
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điều đó nói rằng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அதாவது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असे म्हणणे आहे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yani
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vale a dire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

to znaczy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тобто
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

adică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δηλαδή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dit wil sê
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

det vill säga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

det vil si
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about that is to say

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10 QUOTES WITH «THAT IS TO SAY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word that is to say.
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Ahmed Ben Bella
Colonialism is known in its primitive form, that is to say, by the permanent settling of repressive foreign powers, with an army, services, policies. This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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Frank Black
You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual. Most of them are mangled and even have made up stuff in them, that is to say, made up stuff by the writer or editor.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979.
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Joseph Campbell
I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.
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Graydon Carter
I have always thought you could take the measure of a man by his sports manners - that is to say, the way in which he conducts himself on the playing field, or even over a game of chess or cards.
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Lafcadio Hearn
The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest and cleverest - is likely to get the best woman, in the sense of the most beautiful person.
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Alexander Herzen
All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any political organization. For the latter makes use of violence, the former - of the corruption of the will.
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Thomas Hobbes
The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.
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Gabriel Lippmann
In the case of composite colour, an infinity of systems must be obtained for maxima infinitely slight and with an infinity of interval values separating them - that is to say, the whole thickness of the sensitive layer is occupied in continuous manner by these maxima.
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Harry Mathews
Well, the great thing for me about poetry is that in good poems the dislocation of words, that is to say, the distance between what they say they're saying and what they are actually saying is at its greatest.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THAT IS TO SAY»

Discover the use of that is to say in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to that is to say and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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H.C. for Life, that is to Say--
"H.C. for Life, That Is to Say... represents a vigorous volley within the series produced by the mutual provocation society of Helene Cixous and Jacques Derrida.
Jacques Derrida, 2006
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That is to Say: Heidegger's Poetics
This first book-length study of what Heidegger called "thinking poetics" expounds the sense of language from the perspective of fundamental ontology.
Marc Froment-Meurice, 1998
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A Catechism, That Is to Say, an Instruction to Be Learned of ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Episcopal Church, 2009
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What There Is to Say We Have Said: The Correspondence of ...
... not draw in the same yoke, and that the Bug Bible is called that because of the verse "Thou shalt not nede to be afrayed for eny bugges by night", and that the leek is the national emblem of Wales, and that on Running Thursday, that is to say ...
Suzanne Marrs, 2011
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Kant's Critiques: The Critique of Pure Reason, the Critique ...
But in this case, no a priori synthetical cognition of them could be possible, consequently not through pure conceptions of space and the science which determines these conceptions, that is to say, geometry, would itself be impossible .
Immanuel Kant, 2008
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The Commentaries of Isho'dad of Merv, Bishop of Hadatha (c. ...
This, For when we were in the flesh, that is to say, mortal and corruptible beings. The Scripture calls flesh anything that in any way is subject to corruption, and possesses life that is not its own, and is dissoluble in.any way ; like this, All flesh is ...
Margaret Dunlop Gibson, 2011
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The more each person strives and is able to seek his own profit, that is to say, to preserve his being, the more virtue does he possess; on the other hand, in so far as each person neglects his own profit, that is to say, neglects to preserve his ...
Frank Ra
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The Handbook of Economic Sociology, Second Edition
THE STRUCTURE OF THE FIELD Agents, that is to say, in this case firms, create the space, that is to say, the economic field, which exists only through the agents that are found with- in it and that deform the space in their vicinity, conferring a ...
Neil J. Smelser, Richard Swedberg, 2010
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The Works of Dante Alighieri
And this reason I touch upon when I say: "Heaven, that is moved by you, my life has brought To where it stands;" that is to say, your operation, namely, your revolution, is that which has drawn me into the present condition; therefore I conclude ...
Dante Alighieri, 1950
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The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Knt: In Thirteen Parts
[•5a.] Farther imparlance. Farther imparlance tion of the blessed Mary then next, &c. wheresoever, &c, that is .to say, to the aforesaid Henry, John, and Warwick, to imparl and then to answer, &c. The same day is given to the aforesaid Edward ...
Sir Edward Coke, John Henry Thomas, John Farquhar Fraser, 1826

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THAT IS TO SAY»

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Let's Just Say It: Women Matter More Than Fetuses Do
To me, abortion belongs to the same category as the early Cesarean I will need to undergo because of previous surgeries. That is to say, it is a crucial medical ... «The New Republic, Nov 14»

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