Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- conj. Even though; although; notwithstanding: clear albeit cold weather.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Although; notwithstanding that.
Wiktionary
- conj. Despite its being; although.
GNU Webster's 1913
- conj. Even though; although; notwithstanding.
Etymologies
- Middle English, completely though it be, from al (completely) + be (3rd person singular present subjunctive of been to be) + it (Wiktionary)
- Middle English al be it : al, even if; see all + be : subjunctive of ben, to be; see be + it, it; see it. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Admittedly, the folks who vet potential judicial nominees have had other things to do, but the Bush folks were also preparing for a potential Supreme Court nomination early in their term albeit one that did not materialize.”
“I'm appalled by the damage she is doing to her profession and her own reputation as a journalist - a term albeit used lightly in the realm of sports.”
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“The much-hyped Fifth Summit of the Americas is now over, culminating with the Hemispheric leaders 'adoption of the Declaration of Commitment of Port of Spain - albeit with one signatory - the Prime Minister of host country Trinidad and Tobago, who purportedly signed on behalf of all participating leaders.”
“This question bothers me, albeit from a different perspective.”
“I have a disturbing and growing sense that ‘change’ may indeed come – albeit from the thus far ‘quiet, normal and obeying’ citizens who are growing ever more fed up with the folly and legislative traps of the Legal Class – of which the story of Paul Clarke is but one example.”
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“It was ‘Now’ magazine, and the article was ‘Hot or Not?’ and showed pictures of various celebrities and the readers were invited to judge what they thought of them, albeit from the comfort of wherever the magazine was being read.”
“Then came this concurrence from George Will's column on Sunday -- albeit from the opposite direction.”
“Let us celebrate and encourage the powers that be, that they are finally doing the right thing albeit is amateurish at best.”
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“Obama couldn't be a better stand in albeit a long way to go to compare to the Kennedy's”
“Still, he identified with the founding fathers and shared many of their ideals, albeit from a unique Alaskan perspective. —”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘albeit’.
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GRE 2014
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EN - academic vocabulary
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Philosophic , etymology
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In contrast
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Breaking free from "I before E"
Words that have an I after an E after a letter that's not C.
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Worldly words what work in wonderful ...
I like words! They're great. They have so many meanings, and the slightest changes to spelling, grammar, punctuation and syntax etcetera can make a world of difference of inference. See? When was t...
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big book gre
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gre2
aberrant, aberration, aboveboard, abrasive, abstemious, acme, admonish, affable, affluent, alacrity, allegory, alleviate and 1834 more...
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Three is Compoundy.
Words that are made up of three words, be it intended for the meaning, or coincidentally (as in "attendance").
nonetheless, together, insofar, nevertheless, attendance, notwithstanding, hitherto, heretofore, whosoever, inasmuch, benjamin, psychotherapist and 40 more...
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5000 FREE SAT Words
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Just 'cause I like 'em, A
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Advanced Words: Part II
facetious, felicitous, grandiloquent, germane, repatriate, exigency, exculpate, etheral, fatuous, heterogeneous, hiatus, idiosyncrasy and 118 more...
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Words
My list of words.
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Tweets
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bilby Unmarked American pronunciation on Forvo. Jul 1, 2009
dougsta22 Is it pronounced All-be-it (as you see it) or Al-bite (as the scandinavians might)? Jun 30, 2009
prasadkdr Used in place of eventhough-It us a conjunction Apr 28, 2008
evin290 To be willing to suffer for the sake of freedom and justice is noble, albeit a bit stupid. Aug 19, 2007
reesetee Hmm...you know, I think I like your pronunciation better, seanmeade. :-) Mar 30, 2007
seanmeade learned this from reading, never having heard it. thought for the longest time is was a French word pronounced to rhyme with 'weigh' Mar 30, 2007
jeen0809 His trip was successful, albeit tiring. Mar 30, 2007