ibid.
- adverb
- /ˈɪbɪd/
- Formal
- The second note simply reads ibid., referring to the same book as the first.
Examples
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All subsequent references use ibid. instead of repeating the full citation.
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In her bibliography, she frequently writes ibid. to save space.
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Check ibid..
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Refer to ibid.!
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In her academic paper, she used ibid. to streamline her references to the same source.
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The footnotes included ibid. whenever the same book was cited again.
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To avoid redundancy, the writer employed ibid. for consecutive citations from the same source.
Synonyms
In citations, it shows the same source as the one just mentioned
In references it shows the same author or source mentioned before
A word writers use in notes to show the source is the same as the one above
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ibid. is a short form of the Latin ibidem, which means 'in the same place', so it tells the reader that a citation is to the same source as the one just mentioned and saves you from repeating the full reference.