ALL meanings of by the same token
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B b - phrase by the same token You use by the same token to introduce a statement that you think is true for the same reasons that were given for a previous statement. 3
- noun by the same token moreover and for the same or a similar reason 3
- noun by the same token for this reason; following the same line of reasoning 3
- noun by the same token something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign: Black is a token of mourning. 1
- noun by the same token a characteristic indication or mark of something; evidence or proof: Malnutrition is a token of poverty. 1
- noun by the same token a memento; souvenir; keepsake: The seashell was a token of their trip. 1
- noun by the same token something used to indicate authenticity, authority, etc.; emblem; badge: Judicial robes are a token of office. 1
- noun by the same token Also called token coin. a stamped piece of metal, issued as a limited medium of exchange, as for bus fares, at a nominal value much greater than its commodity value. 1
- noun by the same token anything of only nominal value similarly used, as paper currency. 1
- noun by the same token an item, idea, person, etc., representing a group; a part as representing the whole; sample; indication. 1
- noun by the same token Logic, Linguistics. a particular instance of a word, symbol, expression, sentence, or the like: A printed page might have twenty tokens of the single type-word “and.”. Compare type (def 8). 1
- verb with object by the same token to be a token of; signify; symbolize. 1
- adjective by the same token serving as a token: a token gift; a token male on an all-female staff. 1
- adjective by the same token slight; perfunctory; minimal: token resistance. 1
- idioms by the same token by the same token, in proof of which. moreover; furthermore: She has a talent as a painter, and by the same token has a sharp eye for detail. 1
- idioms by the same token in token of, as a sign of; in evidence of: a ring in token of his love. 1
- preposition by the same token (Idiomatic) For a similar reason; in a similar manner; similarly; likewise; along the same lines. 0