MEANING
Although; used to add a qualification that limits a preceding description.
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Words that belong together
- albeit briefly
- albeit incomplete
- albeit with reservations
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The dataset was useful, albeit incomplete.
The project continued, albeit with reduced funding and a narrower scope.
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- Base
- albeit
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Conjunction; invariable, without plural or tense forms. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: qualification. Disciplines: academic writing, research, argumentation. Commonness: moderately common.
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