"ergo" meaning in English

See ergo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈɛɚɡoʊ/ [General-American], /ˈɝɡoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-ergo.ogg
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡəʊ Etymology: From Middle English ergo, from Latin ergō. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ergo}} Middle English ergo, {{der|en|la|ergō}} Latin ergō Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} ergo (not comparable)
  1. Consequently, therefore, or thus. Tags: not-comparable Translations (adverb: consequently, therefore, thus): ergo (Danish), derfor (Danish), siis (Finnish), näin ollen (Finnish), täten (Finnish), todėl, dėl to, užtat (Lithuanian), alltså (Swedish), följaktligen (Swedish), ergo (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ergo-en-adv-4VrcPx9y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Conjunction

IPA: /ˈɛɚɡoʊ/ [General-American], /ˈɝɡoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-ergo.ogg
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡəʊ Etymology: From Middle English ergo, from Latin ergō. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ergo}} Middle English ergo, {{der|en|la|ergō}} Latin ergō Head templates: {{en-con}} ergo
  1. therefore (especially in syllogisms) Translations (conjunction: therefore): 因此 (yīncǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), ergo (Danish), derfor (Danish), joten (Finnish), ja täten (Finnish), donc (French), ergo (German), dunque (Italian), quindi (Italian), tātad (Latvian), zatem (Polish), więc (Polish), przeto (Polish), ergo (Polish), portanto (Portuguese), logo (Portuguese), поэ́тому (poétomu) (Russian), сле́довательно (slédovatelʹno) (Russian), да̏кле̄ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), dȁklē [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), por tanto (Spanish), por lo tanto (Spanish), por ende (Spanish), alltså (Swedish), därför (Swedish), följaktligen (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛɚɡoʊ/ [General-American], /ˈɝɡoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-ergo.ogg Forms: ergos [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡəʊ Head templates: {{en-noun}} ergo (plural ergos)
  1. (rowing, slang) Clipping of ergometer (rowing machine). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Alternative form of: ergometer (extra: rowing machine) Categories (topical): Rowing
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛɚɡoʊ/ [General-American], /ˈɝɡoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-ergo.ogg Forms: ergos [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡəʊ Etymology: Clipping of ergonomic Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|ergonomic}} Clipping of ergonomic Head templates: {{en-noun}} ergo (plural ergos)
  1. (informal) An ergonomic factor or characteristic. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-ergo-en-noun-nJk7qCiY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "conjunction: therefore",
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      "word": "ergo"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "conjunction: therefore",
      "word": "dunque"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "conjunction: therefore",
      "word": "quindi"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "conjunction: therefore",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "conjunction: therefore",
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    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "conjunction: therefore",
      "word": "przeto"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "conjunction: therefore",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "conjunction: therefore",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "conjunction: therefore",
      "word": "logo"
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      "sense": "conjunction: therefore",
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      "word": "dȁklē"
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      "sense": "conjunction: therefore",
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      "sense": "conjunction: therefore",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "conjunction: therefore",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "conjunction: therefore",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "conjunction: therefore",
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      "code": "sv",
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        "(rowing, slang) Clipping of ergometer (rowing machine)."
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        "(informal) An ergonomic factor or characteristic."
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