a·li·as

(ā′lē-əs, āl′yəs)

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]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	alias - a name that has been assumed temporarily assumed name, false name 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.	alias - as known or named at another time or place; "Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette" a.k.a., also known as

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 مُسْتَعار الشَهير بِـالمَعْرُوف بِكَذا، المُكَنَّى بِكَذَا

aliasfalešné jménojinak zvanýpseudonym

aliasdæknavnmed dæknavn

alias Deckname Pseudonym

ή ψευδώνυμο

alias

salanimitoiselta nimeltään

alias faux nom pseudonyme

pseudonimzvan

más: más néven

falskt nafn, tökuheitiöîru nafni, einnig nefndur

alias pseudonimo altrimenti detto

･･･の別名で知られる別名

...라는 통칭으로 알려진가명

kitaip darpravardėslapyvardis

citā vārdāpieņemts vārds

alias

alias dekknavn med dekknavn

alias fałszywe nazwisko

aliás pseudónimo pseudônimo

иначе прозвище

falošné menoinak zvaný

lažno ime

alias

ฉายาอีกนัยหนึ่งเรียกว่า

diğer adıylanamı diğersahte adtakma adtakma adı ile

biệt hiệubiệt hiệu là

别名化名

alias

[ˈeɪlɪəs]

A. N → alias m inv

B. ADV Smith alias Stevens → Smith alias Stevens

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alias

[ˈeɪliəs]

adv → alias
Peter Lewis, alias John Lord → Peter Lewis, alias John Lord

n → faux nom m, nom m d'emprunt

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alias

adv → alias

n → Deckname m

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alias

[ˈeɪlɪəs]

1. n → falso nome m, pseudonimo

2. adv → alias, altrimenti detto/a

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alias

(ˈeiliəs) noun

a false name. What alias did the crook use this time?

adverb

otherwise known as. John Smith, alias Peter Jones.

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

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And Fatty, alias Percival Delaney, a grotesque of manhood, put his bulgy hand to his puffed lips and kissed audibly into the starry vault of the sky.

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My luck seemed to be returning to me; and I began to feel more than hopeful of really discovering my beloved Alicia at Crickgelly, under the alias of Miss Giles.

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“Send the warrant round to me, and I’ll put in an alias,” cried Hiram, from behind his cover.

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In a moment all doubts were at rest, for the old hag had rushed in and touched Umbopa, alias Ignosi, on the shoulder.

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Her brother John, alias Master Murray, was about eleven when I came: a fine, stout, healthy boy, frank and good-natured in the main, and might have been a decent lad had he been properly educated; but now he was as rough as a young bear, boisterous, unruly, unprincipled, untaught, unteachable--at least, for a governess under his mother's eye.

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