Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in all but name

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.52 in modern English

Syllables: in- al-l but -name
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

In practice, though in an unacknowledged way.

Example Sentences

"Thenceforth my voice was a household law; and at an age when few children have abandoned their leading-strings, I was left to the guidance of my own will, and became, in all but name, the master of my own actions."
"‘Do you mean to say that you’ve become a communist?’ ‘In all but name, William, yes. In all but name.’"
"2012, Katie Kitamura, Gone to the Forest, New York: Free Press, Chapter 5, p. 76, He thinks: I have been running the farm in all but name. Leave and nothing here will change. You will see."

Synonyms

de facto for all intents and purposes for all practical purposes in everything but name in practice practically virtually

Questions

What does in all but name mean?: In practice, though in an unacknowledged way.

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