alias
preposition
us
/ˈeɪ.li.əs/ uk
/ˈeɪ.li.əs/Malcolm Little, alias Malcolm X
Meaning of alias in English
(Definition of alias from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
alias | Intermediate English
Examples of alias
alias
He played the alias off nonchalantly -- despite not telling me who he was -- claiming that it wasn't important and that no one really cared.
From Los Angeles Times
Other times, police may be relying on a person's alias.
From CNN
He was arrested and held the whole time under an alias.
From NBCNews.com
Investigators caught a break when they discovered a possible alias for the 71-year-old escapee.
From NBCNews.com
Do you ever print a question but give a clever alias to someone who has written to you using their real name?
From Slate Magazine
Suspects often give officers false names, which remain on their records as an alias.
From CNN
And you fill out little forms that say here's what your alias is going to be.
From NPR
Throughout the novel, she attempts to rebuild herself under a new alias.
From Huffington Post
An alias, by definition, is a false or assumed identity.
From TIME
But no one creates an online alias because it is dignified.
From The Atlantic
Somewhere along the way, theory replaces experimentation and erudition becomes an alias for knowledge.
From Huffington Post
She was trying to stay anonymous and using an alias.
From Bloomberg
He still uses an alias in daily life and wants to change it once again to protect his real identity.
From Los Angeles Times
The easy fix to that is to break up the workload among several case officers who only travel to that country under one alias.
From Gizmodo
To him, it wasn't so much a pen name as an alias.
From Dallas Morning News
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偽名, 仮名, 偽名（ぎめい）…
özellikle suçlularca kullanılan sahte isim, takma ad, asıl adı verildikten sonra takma ad kullanımı…
faux nom [masculine], pseudonyme [masculine], alias…
àlies…
alias…
alias, dæknavn, med dæknavn…
alias, även kallad…
nama lain, dikenali juga sebagai…
der Deckname, alias…
alias [neuter], alias, dekknavn…
вигадане ім'я, інакше (званий)…
кличка, известный как…
اسْم مُستعار…
falešné jméno, jinak zvaný…
nama palsu, nama lain, alias…
นามแฝง, มีนามแฝงว่า…
bí danh, biệt hiệu…
pseudonim, alias, inaczej…
가명…
pseudonimo, falso nome, alias…
