Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Informal spelling of low.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, informal, not-comparable
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intj
look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: archaic except in the phrase lo and behold
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intj
Clipping of hello.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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name
Initialism of London Overground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
An abbreviated form of surnames beginning with "Lo-".
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name
A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
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name
A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
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name
A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
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noun
Clipping of location.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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noun
Initialism of local oscillator.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Abbreviation of low (“low gear or low range”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Qualifier: on some gear levers
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Antonyms: HI[high]]>, OD, O/D, O.D.[overdrive]]>
noun
Initialism of loved one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Initialism of little one (“one's child”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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particle
Alternative form of lol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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particle
Sentence-final particle denoting finality or completion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Manglish, Singlish, rare
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Synonyms: liao, already
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History
Variant of low.
Inherited from Middle English lo, loo, from Old English lā (“exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy”). Conflated in Middle English with lo! (interjection), a corruption of lok!, loke! (“look!”) (as in lo we! (look we!)). Cognate with Scots lo, lu (“lo”). See also look.
Clipping.
From Mandarin 洛 (Luò) Wade–Giles romanization: Lo4.
From Cantonese 盧 /卢 (lou4) and Hokkien 盧 /卢 (Lô͘).
From Mandarin 羅 /罗 (Luó) or Cantonese 羅 /罗 (lo4). Doublet of Luo and Law.
Clipping of location.
Borrowed from Hokkien 囉 /啰 (--lo͘). Doublet of lor.
Across languages
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
