vid.
abbreviation
vide.
vid.
Americanabbreviation
vid
British
/ vɪd /
noun
Usage
What does vid. mean? The abbreviation vid. (with a period) is a shortening of the word vide, a Latin term meaning “see” or “refer to.” Vide is used in texts to direct a reader to a specific place elsewhere in the text or in another text. Vide is used in phrases like vide ante (meaning “see before”), vide infra (“see below”), vide post (“see after”), vide supra (see above), vide ut supra (“see as above”), and quod vide, which indicates a cross reference. Vide is also sometimes abbreviated as v. and vid without the period. The word vid without a period is more often used as a short version of the word video. Example: Additional information can be found in the preceding chapters (vid. pp. 44–48).
Example Sentences
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"We expect the economic slowdown to start pushing up corporate insolvencies from the autumn," Christoph Niering, head of the VID insolvency association, said.
From Reuters • Aug. 10, 2012
It had been suggested that the latter part of the word might be connected with the Aryan root VID, which appears in “wisdom,” in the Latin videre, &c.,
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
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