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o — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • an article The form of "a" used before a word that starts with a vowel sound.
  • him pron The object form of "he" — used for a male person or animal already mentioned.
  • it pron Used to refer to a thing, animal, or abstract idea that has already been mentioned or is understood.
  • lo intj An old-fashioned exclamation used to draw attention to something, meaning roughly "look" or "behold."
  • OH intj Used to express surprise, realization, understanding, or emotion.
  • the article Used before a noun to show that the listener already knows, or can work out, exactly which thing is meant.
  • um intj A filler sound used to express hesitation or uncertainty while speaking.

Senses

o is used for these senses in English:

  • um Denotes singular grammatical number.
  • O The vocative particle, used for direct address.
  • an In each; to or for each; per.
  • him With accusative effect or as a direct object. [from 12th c.]
  • it The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun (according to some definitions), anticipatory it or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject is commonly a to-infinitive, a gerund, or a noun clause introduced by a subordinating conjunction.
  • lo (archaic, _, except in the phrase lo and behold) look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).
  • o The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.
  • oh Expression of surprise.

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