English Dictionary (1-4 of 4)
- o
- [əυ]
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- 1.
the 15th letter and fourth vowel of the modern English alphabet
- 2.
any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in code, pot, cow, move, or form
- 3.
another name for nought
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- O
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- 1.
oxygen
- 2.
a human blood type of the ABO group - See universal donor
- 3.
a particular negative categorial proposition, such as some men are not married: often symbolized as SoP - Compare A E I
- 4.
offence
- 5.
(for sense 3) from Latin ( neg ) o I deny
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- O
- [əυ]
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- 1.
a variant spelling of oh
- 2.
an exclamation introducing an invocation, entreaty, wish, etc
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- OTE
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- 1.
on-target earnings: referring to the salary a salesperson should be able to achieve
- 2.
oh the times! oh the customs!: an exclamation at the evil of them
- 3.
from Cicero's oration In Catilinam
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Examples (1-5 of 28)
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C6H12o6 is the molecular formula of sucrose whereas CH2O is its empirical formula
→ empirical formula
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is it ten o'clock already?
→ already
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come at three o'clock
→ at
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only rarely does he come in before ten o'clock
→ do
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the nine o'clock news is the flagship of the BBC
→ flagship
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