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oh

Noun CEFR A1 Common
əʊ

Definitions

  1. oh (expression of awe, surprise, pain or realization)
  2. Abbreviation of Ohio: a state of the United States.
    abbreviation, alt-of
  3. Initialism of other half: a husband, wife, partner, etc.
  4. Initialism of office hours.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only
  5. A hydroxyl, or alcohol, functional group.
  6. An utterance of oh; a spoken expression of surprise, acknowledgement, etc.
  7. The name of the Latin script letter O/o.
  8. The digit 0 (especially in representations of speech)
  9. A surname from Korean derived from a common Korean surname.
  10. A surname from Chinese.
  11. Initialism of observation helicopter.
  12. A hydroxide radical, or hydroxyl group.
  13. Zero.
  14. Initialism of overheard; a post whose contents were overheard by its author.
  15. Ohio.
  16. an expression of surprise, admiration etc. Oh, what a lovely present! o, ag, og آه! о! oh och Oh! ih!; åh! ω! (επιφ.) ¡ah!, ¡oh! oi! آه؛ وای oi oh!, ah!אוי आह o! óh! oh! ó oh! ああ 오, 이런 o! ak! ak! ; ai! oh oå! Och! اوه oh oh!; ah! о!, ах!, ох! och oh! oh å!, åh! คำอุทานแสดงความแปลกใจ; ชื่นชม Oo!, Yaa!, Ee! (表示驚訝,害怕等)哦,哎呦 о!, оце так! حيرت يا تعريف کے اظہار کا لفظ à! (cảm thán) (表示惊讶,害怕等)哦,哎呦
  17. open house
  18. Used to express strong emotion, such as surprise, fear, anger, or pain: Oh—can't you stop making so much noise?
  19. Used in direct address: Oh, sir! You forgot your keys.
  20. Used to indicate understanding or acknowledgment of a statement: Oh, I see. You can't come until tomorrow.
  21. an exclamation expressive of surprise, pain, pleasure, etc
  22. an expression used to preface a remark, gain time, etc: oh, I suppose so.
  23. (Placename) Ohio

Equivalents

Españolayohou
FrançaisahOoh
Deutschachoh
41 more languages
AfrikaansO
Българскианулао
བོད་སྐད།ཀྱེཨ་མ
Catalàoh
Češtinaachahaó
Cymraegdîmo
Danskahnulö
ΕλληνικάαΩ
Esperantoahhohu
فارسیآه
Suomiaaaiohooi
Galegoahhooohou
हिन्दीअरेहे
Magyaraj
Հայերենահ
Íslenskao
Italianooh
한국어
Latinaeheuo
Latviešuak
Te Reo Māori
Монголөө
Bahasa Melayukosong
Nederlandso
NorskÅ
Polskiachoch
Portuguêsahooh
Românăoof
Русскийаагаахоого́ойох
СрпскиAamandimhaoааганулао
SvenskaAahjahanolloj
Kiswahilieelo
Tagalogay
Türkçeaman
اردوآہ
Tiếng Việtlinhooi

Examples

“OH: "We should just burn the whole place down"”
There were ohs and ahs, and the people twisted about as they looked for her. Then they began to applaud.”
One genuine recycled local glass of aitch-two-oh”
Exes and Ohs: A Downtown Girl's (Mostly Awkward) Tales of Love, Lust, Revenge, and a Little Facebook Stalking
Jenny I've got your number. I need to make you mine. Jenny don't change your number. Eight six seven five three oh nine. Eight six seven five three oh nine. Eight six seven five three oh nine. Eight six seven five three oh nine. Tommy Tutone, "867-5309/Jenny"”
“"Oh-dark-thirty," the first soldier muttered without looking at his watch.”
““Your son’s name. What is it?” “Oh. Benjamin Oh.” “Benjamin O … what?” “No, Oh, Officer. That’s it. The last name is Oh.””

CEFR level

A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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