"lo" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ləʊ/ [UK], /loʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-lo.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -əʊ Etymology: Variant of low. Etymology templates: {{m|en|low}} low Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} lo (not comparable)
  1. Informal spelling of low. Tags: alt-of, informal, not-comparable Alternative form of: low Derived forms: hi-lo, lo-cal, lo-fi, lo-tech Related terms: hi, mid
    Sense id: en-lo-en-adj-uNFsiexh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Interjection

IPA: /ləʊ/ [UK], /loʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-lo.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -əʊ Etymology: From Middle English lo, loo, from Old English lā (“exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy”). Conflated in Middle English with lo! (interjection), a corruption of lok!, loke! (“look!”) (as in lo we! (look we!)). Cognate with Scots lo, lu (“lo”). See also look. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lo}} Middle English lo, {{m|enm|loo}} loo, {{inh|en|ang|la|lā|exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy}} Old English lā (“exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy”), {{m|enm|lo|lo!}} lo!, {{m|enm|lok|lok!}} lok!, {{m|enm|loke|loke!|look!}} loke! (“look!”), {{gloss|look we!}} (look we!), {{cog|sco|lo}} Scots lo, {{m|sco|lu||lo}} lu (“lo”), {{l|en|look}} look Head templates: {{en-interj}} lo
  1. (archaic) look, see, behold (in an imperative sense). Tags: archaic Related terms: lo and behold Translations (look, see, behold): ἰδού (idoú) (Ancient Greek), হেরো (herō) (Bengali), hle (Czech), ejhle (Czech), ajta (Czech), aanschouw (Dutch), jen (Esperanto), katso (Finnish), voici (French), voilà (French), sieh (German), guck (German), ιδού (idoú) (Greek), הבט (habet) [masculine] (Hebrew), הביטי (habiti) [feminine] (Hebrew), הביטו (habitu) [plural] (Hebrew), íme (Hungarian), sjá (Icelandic), yen (Ido), ecco (Italian), ほら (hora) (Japanese), ecce (Latin), lūk (Latvian), āre (Latvian), re (Latvian), oto (Polish), ot (Polish), ó (Portuguese), contemplai (Portuguese), вот (vot) (Russian), смотри́ (smotrí) (Russian), глянь (gljanʹ) (Russian), гляди́ (gljadí) (Russian), evo (Serbo-Croatian), ve (Spanish), ved (Spanish), vea (Spanish), veamos (Spanish), vean (Spanish), mirad (Spanish), he aquí (Spanish), skåda (Swedish), si (Swedish), işte (Turkish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: behold, ecce, lo [archaic], look, lookee, lookie, lookit, looky, see, voilà Hypernyms: hey Hyponyms: presto, ta-da
Etymology number: 1

Interjection

IPA: /ləʊ/ [UK], /loʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-lo.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -əʊ Head templates: {{en-interj}} lo
  1. Clipping of hello. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: hello Categories (topical): Greetings Synonyms: 'lo, 'llo Related terms: lo-lo
    Sense id: en-lo-en-intj-H1wWc2BK Disambiguation of Greetings: 6 4 90 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 22 57 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 29 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 16 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: behold, ecce, lo [archaic], look, lookee, lookie, lookit, looky, see, voilà Hypernyms: hey Hyponyms: presto, ta-da
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "first published 1611, reprinted c. 1900, The Bible, King James version, Luke 15:29",
          "text": "[...], Lo, these many years do I serve thee, [...].",
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          "ref": "1925, Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, translation of original by Luo Guanzhong",
          "text": "Emperor Ling went in state to the Hall of Virtue. As he drew near the throne, a rushing whirlwind arose in the corner of the hall and, lo! from the roof beams floated down a monstrous black serpent that coiled itself up on the very seat of majesty. The Emperor fell in a swoon.",
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          "ref": "1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 588",
          "text": "\"Tambi will be here in...\" He computed carefully. \"... in exactly twenty seconds.\" And, lo, Tambi appeared at that very moment.",
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          "code": "bn",
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          "roman": "herō",
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          "word": "হেরো"
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          "sense": "look, see, behold",
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          "sense": "look, see, behold",
          "word": "voici"
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          "sense": "look, see, behold",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "look, see, behold",
          "word": "ecco"
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          "code": "ja",
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          "sense": "look, see, behold",
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          "sense": "look, see, behold",
          "word": "āre"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "look, see, behold",
          "word": "re"
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          "sense": "look, see, behold",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "look, see, behold",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "look, see, behold",
          "word": "ó"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "look, see, behold",
          "word": "contemplai"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "look, see, behold",
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          "sense": "look, see, behold",
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "look, see, behold",
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "look, see, behold",
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          "ref": "1929, Dashiel Hammett, The Maltese Falcon, New Yock: Vintage Books (Random House, published 1992, page 112",
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          "ref": "c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, act III, scene ii",
          "text": "Caliban: Lo, lo again! Bite him to death, I prithee.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 1",
          "roman": "The Sultán's Turret in a Noose of light.",
          "text": "Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night,\nHas flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight:\nAnd Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught",
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          "ref": "first published 1611, reprinted c. 1900, The Bible, King James version, Luke 15:29",
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          "ref": "1925, Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, translation of original by Luo Guanzhong",
          "text": "Emperor Ling went in state to the Hall of Virtue. As he drew near the throne, a rushing whirlwind arose in the corner of the hall and, lo! from the roof beams floated down a monstrous black serpent that coiled itself up on the very seat of majesty. The Emperor fell in a swoon.",
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          "ref": "1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 588",
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        "(archaic) look, see, behold (in an imperative sense)."
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "herō",
      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "হেরো"
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      "word": "jen"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "katso"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "voici"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "voilà"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "sieh"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "guck"
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      "code": "el",
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      "word": "ιδού"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "is",
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "yen"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "ecco"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "hora",
      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "ほら"
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    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "ecce"
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    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "look, see, behold",
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "āre"
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    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "re"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "oto"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "ot"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "ó"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "contemplai"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vot",
      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "вот"
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      "sense": "look, see, behold",
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      "sense": "look, see, behold",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "evo"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "ve"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "look, see, behold",
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "look, see, behold",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "look, see, behold",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "mirad"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "he aquí"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "skåda"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "look, see, behold",
      "word": "si"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
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      "word": "lo-cal"
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      "rhymes": "-əʊ"
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          "ref": "1929, Dashiel Hammett, The Maltese Falcon, New Yock: Vintage Books (Random House, published 1992, page 112",
          "text": "When Spade entered, Wise was buting a fingernail and staring at the window. He took his hand from his mouth, screwed his chair around to face Spade, and said: \" 'Lo. Push a chair up.\"",
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      "word": "'lo"
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      "word": "'llo"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:lo",
      "word": "behold"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:lo",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:lo",
      "word": "look"
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      "word": "lookee"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:lo",
      "word": "lookie"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:lo",
      "word": "lookit"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:lo",
      "word": "looky"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:lo",
      "word": "see"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:lo",
      "word": "voilà"
    }
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.