lo
interjectionadjectiveinterjectionnounparticleparticlecommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ləʊ//
- United States//loʊ//
- Australia//ləʉ//
- New Zealand//lɐʉ//
- Scotland//lo//
- /[ˈloː˧˨]/
look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).
interjection
- 1
look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).
Caliban: Lo, lo again! Bite him to death, I prithee.
Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night, Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight: And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught The Sultán's Turret in a Noose of light.
[...], Lo, these many years do I serve thee, [...].
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.
Etymology
Inherited 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.
adjective
- 1
Variant of lowinformalInformal spelling of low.
Etymology
Variant of low.
interjection
- 1
Variant of helloClipping of hello.
noun
- 1
Variant of locationClipping of location.
Ayo, send me your lo.
when you’re flowkenuinely lying to ur parents about ur lo then they start requesting to switch to video call
Etymology
Clipping of location.
particle
- 1
Variant of lolAlternative form of lol.
particle
- 1
rareSentence-final particle denoting finality or completion.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 囉 /啰 (--lo͘). Doublet of lor.
Forms
- plural
- los
lo · look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).
Lo · An abbreviated form of surnames beginning with "Lo-".load · A burden; a weight to be carried.loaded · Burdened by some heavy load; packed.