Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /əʊ/
- US IPA: /oÊŠ/
- Homophones: oh, owe
- Rhymes: -əʊ
Origin 1
Full definition of o
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Noun
- A zero used in reading out numbers.It is currently two-o-five in the afternoon (2:05 PM).The first permanent English settlement in America was in Jamestown in sixteen-o-seven (1607).
Origin 2
Interjection
- (archaic, always capitalized) The English vocative particle, used before a pronoun or the name of a person or persons to mark direct address.
- 1611, King James Bible, Galatians 3:1:O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
- Alternative form of oh