look! see! (now often in the phrase lo and behold)
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lo1 /loʊ/USA pronunciation
interj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- This word is used to mean "look! see!'' and to express surprise, as in the phrase lo and behold.
lo1
(lō),USA pronunciation interj.
lo2 (lō),USA pronunciation adj.
- look! see! (frequently used in Biblical expressions;
now usually used as an expression of surprise in the phrase lo and behold).
- bef. 900; Middle English; conflation of lo exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy, O! (Old English lā; see la2) and lo, shortened form of loke (Old English lōca), imperatire. of loken to look
lo2 (lō),USA pronunciation adj.
- an informal, simplified spelling of low 1, used esp. in labeling or advertising commercial products:lo calorie.
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'lo' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
American lotus
- Apollo Belvedere
- Apollo asteroid
- Arc of Lowitz
- Cellini's halo
- Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
- Ch'eng Tsu
- East Indian lotus
- East Lothian
- Egyptian lotus
- Fanagalo
- Fanakalo
- FitzGerald contraction
- Hevelian halo
- Indian lotus
- Local Group
- Lopez
- Manche
- Pueblo
- Ribera
- Saint-Lô
- Yong Lo
- Yung-lo
- beclomethasone
- beefalo
- black locust
- blue lotus
- bolo tie
- buffalo
- bummalo
- clofibrate
- clomiphene
- clonazepam
- clonidine
- colocate
- desert locust
- halo blight
- halo effect
- honey locust
- kibi-
- kip
- kolo
- la
- loaf
- lobar pneumonia
- lobate
- lobolo
- local
- local area network
- local color