adj
Meaning 1
Clipping of over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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Standard Lemma guide
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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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /əʊ/
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General-American: /oʊ/
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rhymes with -əʊ
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Singapore: /oʊ/
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Singapore: [ˈoː˦]
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Singapore: [ˈo]
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Singapore: /ɔː(˦)/ approximating Hokkien
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UK: /ˈəʊ/
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US: /ˈoʊ/
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homophone: O
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homophone: oh
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homophone: owe (toe–tow merger)
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/ʌ/
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rhymes with -ʌ
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CMU ARPABET: OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Abbreviation of morally offensive, film classification of the National Legion of Decency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 3
Abbreviation of Orthodox.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism, abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 4
With sugar and no condensed milk added.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singapore, colloquial, not-comparable
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character
Meaning 5
The fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: letter, lowercase
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character
Meaning 6
Alternative form of ο, the fifteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets, called omicron and (astronomy) used as an abbreviation of omicron in star names.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, letter, lowercase
Examples
- The system's Bayer designation is o Persei.
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intj
Meaning 7
Alternative form of oh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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name
Meaning 8
A surname from Korean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 9
A surname from Mandarin Chinese.
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name
Meaning 10
Alternative form of E (Ancient Chinese Kingdom)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 11
The name of the Latin script letter O/o.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 12
A zero (used in reading out numbers).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- It is currently two-o-five in the afternoon (2:05 PM).
- The first permanent English settlement in America was in Jamestown in sixteen-o-seven (1607).
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noun
Meaning 13
Operator
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: IRC
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noun
Meaning 14
Object, see SVO
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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noun
Meaning 15
Something shaped like the letter O.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 16
A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may only receive transfusions of similar type O blood, but may donate to all (neglecting Rh factor). Synonym: universal donor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 17
An utterance of the vocative O.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 18
American Library Association abbreviation of octavo, a book size (20-25 cm).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
Meaning 19
Someone associated with Leyton Orient Football Club, as a player, coach, supporter etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
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noun
Meaning 20
The number of overs bowled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 21
Orgasm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang, uncountable
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Synonyms: big O
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 22
Opium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, uncountable
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num
Meaning 23
The fifteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: lowercase
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particle
Meaning 24
alternative form of O (vocative particle)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard
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particle
Meaning 25
The vocative particle, used for direct address.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- O Death! O Death! Won't you spare me over till another year? - part of the refrain from the American folk song "A Conversation with Death".
- c. 1810-1820?, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Macbeth O! the affecting beauty of the death of Cawdor, and the presentimental speech of the king: [...]
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prep
Meaning 26
Alternative form of of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 27
the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- people with type O blood are universal donors
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: type O, group O
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: blood group, blood type
noun
Meaning 28
the 15th letter of the Roman alphabet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
noun
Meaning 29
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: oxygen, atomic number 8
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical element, element, gas
Narrower terms: liquid oxygen, LOX
History
Etymology
Abbreviation.
From Hokkien 烏 /乌 (o͘, “black”) or Teochew 烏 /乌 (ou1, “black”).
Korean 오(伍) (O) or 오(吳) (O). Doublet of Wu.
From Mandarin 鄂 (È) Wade–Giles romanization: O4.
From Middle English O, o, from Old English o, from Latin o and Ancient Greek ὦ (ô, interjection). Featured prominently in William Tyndale's 1525 translation of the New Testament.
See o'.
Across languages
Translations
88 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Alabama: òoka — name of the letter O, o
- Arabic: أُوه (ʔūh) — name of the letter O, o
- Arabic: أُوه (ʔoh) — name of the letter O, o
- Asturian: o — name of the letter O, o
- Bengali: ও (ō) — name of the letter O, o
- Bulgarian: о (o) — name of the letter O, o
- Burmese: အို (ui) — name of the letter O, o
- Catalan: o — name of the letter O, o
- Esperanto: o — name of the letter O, o
- Finnish: oo — name of the letter O, o
- French: o — name of the letter O, o
- Galician: o — name of the letter O, o
- Greek: όου (óou) — name of the letter O, o
- Hawaiian: ʻō — name of the letter O, o
- Hindi: ओ (o) — name of the letter O, o
- Ido: o — name of the letter O, o
- Irish: ó — name of the letter O, o
- Irish: onn — name of the letter O, o
- Japanese: オウ (ō) — name of the letter O, o
- Korean: 오 (o) — name of the letter O, o
- Latin: ō — name of the letter O, o
- Malay: o — name of the letter O, o
- Marathi: ओ (o) — name of the letter O, o
- Occitan: o — name of the letter O, o
- Portuguese: ó — name of the letter O, o
- Portuguese: ô — name of the letter O, o
- Russian: о́у (óu) — name of the letter O, o
- Russian: о (o) — name of the letter O, o
- Spanish: o — name of the letter O, o
- Thai: โอ (oo) — name of the letter O, o
- Turkish: o — name of the letter O, o
- Vietnamese: o — name of the letter O, o
- Arabic: يَا (yā) — a vocative particle
- Arabic: أَيُّهَا (ʔayyuhā) — a vocative particle
- Arabic: أَيَّتُهَا (ʔayyatuhā) — a vocative particle
- Arabic: يا (yā) — a vocative particle
- Armenian: ով (ov) — a vocative particle
- Belarusian: о (o) — a vocative particle
- Catalan: oh — a vocative particle
- Catalan: o — a vocative particle
- Chinese Mandarin: 噢 (ō) — a vocative particle
- Chinese Mandarin: 喔 (ō) — a vocative particle
- Chinese Mandarin: 啊 (ā) — a vocative particle
- Chinese Mandarin: 噫 (yì) — a vocative particle
- Esperanto: ho — a vocative particle
- Finnish: oi — a vocative particle
- French: ô — a vocative particle
- German: o — a vocative particle
- Ancient Greek: ὦ (ô) — a vocative particle
- Hebrew: הו (ho) — a vocative particle
- Hindi: हे (he) — a vocative particle
- Irish: a — a vocative particle
- Old Irish: a — a vocative particle
- Old Irish: á — a vocative particle
- Italian: o — a vocative particle
- Italian: oh — a vocative particle
- Japanese: よ (yo) — a vocative particle
- Japanese: ああ (ā) — a vocative particle
- Korean: 여 (yeo) — a vocative particle
- Korean: 시여 (siyeo) — a vocative particle
- Korean: 아 (a) — a vocative particle
- Latin: o — a vocative particle
- Malay: wahai — a vocative particle
- Old Tupi: gûé — a vocative particle
- Old Tupi: gûy — a vocative particle
- Old Tupi: îu — a vocative particle
- Old Tupi: îó — a vocative particle
- Persian: ای (ey) — a vocative particle
- Persian: الا (alâ) — a vocative particle
- Polish: o — a vocative particle
- Portuguese: ó — a vocative particle
- Russian: о (o) — a vocative particle
- Sanskrit: हे (he) — a vocative particle
- Scottish Gaelic: a — a vocative particle
- Sicilian: o — a vocative particle
- Sicilian: oh — a vocative particle
- Spanish: oh — a vocative particle
- Spanish: oy — a vocative particle
- Swedish: o — a vocative particle
- Tagalog: oh — a vocative particle
- Tocharian B: yśe — a vocative particle
- Turkish: ey — a vocative particle
- Turkish: ya — a vocative particle
- Ukrainian: о (o) — a vocative particle
- Urdu: اَے (ai) — a vocative particle
- Vietnamese: hỡi — a vocative particle
- Vietnamese: lạy — a vocative particle
- Vietnamese: ôi — a vocative particle