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o1 definition
o or O (ō)
- the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek omega and omicron, both borrowed from the Phoenician
- any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the vowel (ō) of boat, (ä) of hot, or (ô) of wrong
- a type or impression for o or O
- the fifteenth in a sequence or group
- an object shaped like
adjective
- of o or O
- fifteenth in a sequence or group
- shaped like ; circular or oval in shape
o2 definition
o
- octavo
- old
- only
O1 definition
O (ō)
noun pl. O's
- popularly the figure zero; nought: in printed matter, zero is usually differentiated from the letter O, as in this dictionary: “O” is the character used for the letter, “0” is the character used for the number
- a blood type
O2 definition
O (ō)
interjection
- used in direct address O Lord!
- used to express surprise, wonder, fear, pain, etc.: now usually oh
- used at the end of a line in some ballads
noun pl. O's
an instance of this exclamation
O3 definition
O
- Ocean
- October
- Ohio
- Physics ohm
- Linguis. Old OFr
- Ontario
- Baseball out(s)
Etymology: L octarius
Pharmacy pint
O4 definition
O
oxygen
o' definition
o' (ō, ə)
of will-o'-the-wisp
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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