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Meaning of O | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Common
ˈəʊ

Definitions

  1. An utterance of the vocative O.
  2. American Library Association abbreviation of octavo, a book size (20-25 cm).
    countable, uncountable
  3. Operator
    Internet, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  4. The letter o with a tilde, replacing the sequence on or om.
    Early, Modern, letter, lowercase, obsolete
  5. A surname from Korean.
  6. A surname from Mandarin Chinese.
  7. A dictionary transcription for the THOUGHT vowel; also an orthographic ⟨o⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as having that value, as in the word "nor".
  8. A dictionary transcription for the GOAT vowel
  9. A dictionary transcription for the THOUGHT vowel
  10. A dictionary transcription for the LOT vowel
  11. An orthographic ⟨o⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the STRUT vowel, as in the word "son".
    dated
  12. Something shaped like the letter O.
  13. The fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
    letter, lowercase
  14. The name of the Latin script letter O/o.
  15. A zero (used in reading out numbers).
  16. Someone associated with Leyton Orient Football Club, as a player, coach, supporter etc.
    countable, uncountable
  17. Object, see SVO
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  18. – see ◌̈
  19. A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may only receive transfusions of similar type O blood, but may donate to all (neglecting Rh factor). Synonym: universal donor.
    uncountable
  20. The number of overs bowled.
    countable, uncountable
  21. Orgasm.
    countable, slang, uncountable
  22. Opium.
    slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Беларуская о
Български о
বাংলা
Català o oh
Deutsch O o
Ελληνικά Όου
Esperanto ho o
Español o oh oy
فارسی الّا ای
Suomi oi oo
Français O o o
Gaeilge A o
Galego o
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi ʻō
हिन्दी या हे
Հայերեն ով
Italiano o o o o ò oh
日本語 ああ おう
한국어 시여
Kurdî a a ey ho ho ho O o o oh oy ya ya
Latina o
मराठी
Bahasa Melayu o wahai
မြန်မာဘာသာ အို
Polski o
Português ô o o o
Русский о оу
Svenska hård vokal o o
ไทย โอ
Tagalog Oh
Türkçe ey o ya
Українська о
اردو اے
Tiếng Việt hỏi lẫy o oi
中文

Examples

“The system's Bayer designation is o Persei.”
“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).”
“"Supposing somebody sees you, with all those flowers too? Supposing somebody writes him a letter? Ooooh!" (a pure round open Tamil O.)”
“She was lying in the lee of a fowlhouse in a crumpled posture, as if cohesion had been detached from her joints, which lobbed her in an untidy heap, like a lot of old bones, tied together with string. Her skull was hitched under her humped shoulders and her fallen jaw made a lipless O of her mouth, giving it an expression of imbecile astonishment.”
“Sunny felt some cold and wet press against her pussy, it startled her, then it's^([sic]) tongue went deep inside of her, she had been eaten out before, but never this could, who ever was doing it was a real pro, and had to have the longest tongue in the world it was buried at least three inches inside of her and was taking long, hard strokes, it was trying to get even deeper, it was only seconds before she started shaking from her first O.”
“Further on, when she's about to reach her first O, the taste turns from no taste to champagne-like.”
“She thought you could get pregnant from tonguing when kissing; about her first O and how it scared her; how she looked in the mirror afterwards to see if she had changed; about how scared she was when it came time to deliver the baby.”
“Now my friend was fingering my wife and licking her clit. My wife reached her first O of the night.”
“We lay on our stomachs on the living-room floor in a circle around our host, a skinny little man who said he'd been smoking O for 20 years.”
“ACCORDING to various inscriptions about this famous temple we are told that it was erected to the memory of Ya Fei, "An Unswerving Guardian to the Heir-Apparent," of the Sung dynasty; "A Loyal-to-the-end Minister," who came from the ancient state of O-Kuo, the present Wu Ch'ang-fu of Hupei; and that it was erected by the Emperor Hsiao Tsung as an atonement for the weakness and follies of his father, Kao Tsung, toward a faithful servant of the empire who came to his untimely death through the diabolical schemes of men in high estate. Moreover, that after his death and burial, when the empire came to appreciate his great services to the people, the posthumous title of " Prince of O-Kuo" was bestowed upon his sacred memory.”
“In ancient times Wuchang was the capital city of the Kingdom of O. In Manchu times it was the residence of the Viceroy of the two provinces of Hupeh and Hunan. Since then its fortunes have changed with changing politics.”
“⁶There are actually several geographical identifications proposed for the State of O: Wu-ch'ang in Hupei, Huai-ch'ing in Honan, and Fu-fang, Shensi (in the south-east thereof). As two inscriptions connected with the State of O refer to invasions....”
“[…]Yang-yüeh 楊粵,⁴⁰ reaching as far as O 鄂.⁴¹[…]He then enthroned his elder son K'ang 康⁴³ as King of Kou Tan 句亶,⁴⁴ his middle song Hung 紅 as King of O 鄂,⁴⁵ and his younger son Chih-tz'u 執疵 as King of Yüeh-chang 越章.⁴⁶”
“cõpose — compose”
“reckõ — reckon”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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