Logos

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'Logos', 'logos': /ˈlɒɡɒs/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(lōgos, -gōs, logos)

From logo (n): npl: logos

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Logos / ˈlɒɡɒs/
  1. the divine Word; the second person of the Trinity incarnate in the person of Jesus
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
lo•go /ˈloʊgoʊ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -gos. 
    Also called lo•go•type. /ˈloʊgoʊˌtaɪp/.USA pronunciation  
  1. a graphic representation or a symbol of a company name, trademark, etc., esp. one designed to be recognized easily.
See -log-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
lo•gos  (lōgos, -gōs, logos),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Philosophy, Religion(often cap.) the rational principle that governs and develops the universe.
  2. Religion[Theol.]the divine word or reason incarnate in Jesus Christ. John 1:1–14.
  • Greek lógos a word, saying, speech, discourse, thought, proportion, ratio, reckoning, akin to légein to choose, gather, recount, tell over, speak; compare lection
  • 1580–90

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
lo•go  (lōgō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gos. 
  1. Also called logotype. a graphic representation or symbol of a company name, trademark, abbreviation, etc., often uniquely designed for ready recognition.
  2. Printinglogotype (def. 1).
  • by shortening of logotype or logogram

LOGO  (lōgō),USA pronunciation n. [Computers.]
  1. Computinga high-level programming language widely used to teach children how to use computers.
  • Greek lógos word (see logos), spelling, spelled as if an acronym

logo-, 
  1. a combining form appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it meant "word,'' "speech'' (logography);
    on this model, used in the formation of new compound words (logotype).
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] log-. Cf. -logic, -logue, -logy. 
  • Greek logo-, combining form of lógos logos

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
logos / ˈlɒɡɒs/
  1. reason or the rational principle expressed in words and things, argument, or justification; esp personified as the source of order in the universe
Etymology: 16th Century: from Greek: word, reason, discourse, from legein to speak
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logo / ˈləʊɡəʊ ˈlɒɡ-/ ( -os)
  1. short for logotype2
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