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alias

n. countable
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈeɪɫiəs// UK //ˈeɪliəs// alias

n. a different name that a person uses instead of their real one.

n. an assumed or alternative name used by a person, often to conceal identity or for convenience.


SIMPLE

He uses an alias when he writes online.

CONTEXTUAL

The detective tracked the suspect under an alias to avoid detection.

COMPLEX

In literature, the use of an alias often signals a character's desire to reinvent themselves or escape a burdensome past.

Origin

From Latin alias (“at another time; at another place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”). See else and alien.

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