Meanings
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in the same source or passage just cited, used in notes and bibliographies
The next footnote cites ibid. because it refers to the same book and page.
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Synonyms
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adv
· in the same source or...
in the same placesame source
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Forms
ib
Etymology
A shortened form of Latin ibidem ("in the same place"), from ibi ("there") plus the emphasizing suffix -dem. English adopted it as a bibliographic direction pointing back to the immediately preceding citation.