exempli gratia

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin exemplī grātiā. === Prepositional phrase === exempli gratia For the sake of an example. Synonym: e.g. ==== Usage notes ==== Usually italicized. === References === Peter Archer, Linda Archer (2012), “exempli gratia (Latin) (eks-EMP-lee GRAH-tee-ah) (prepositional phrase)”, in 500 Foreign Words & Phrases You Should Know to Sound Smart: Terms to Demonstrate Your Savoir Faire, Chutzpah, and Bravado, Adams Media, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN. “exempli gratia”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. “exempli gratia”, in Collins English Dictionary. “exempli gratia”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “exempli gratia”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == Latin == === Alternative forms === (abbreviations): ex. gr., e. g. (abbreviations, by justification): e.g. === Etymology === See exemplum and grātia === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛkˈsɛm.pliː ˈɡraː.ti.aː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eɡˈzɛm.pli ˈɡrat.t͡si.a] === Adverb === exemplī grātiā (not comparable) for the sake of an example, e.g., for example, for instance; used in introducing an example or non-exhaustive list of examples.