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IMO

IMO

82 9.3
A short online way to say you are giving your opinion
  • adverb
  • Slang
: en mi opinión
  • They'd have an amazing amount of data on their site, and IMO they are completely non-partisan.

And then finally, the best thing about Plex IMO is the broad compatibility.

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Examples

  • The next ten years are, IMO, likely to be far more "interesting" than the past ten years have been.

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  • If Obama was smart, he wouldn't make too big of an issue of it, IMO.

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  • But it would get old trying to play "daddy" to this all the time, IMO.

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  • By the way, IMO it is easier to make the perfect pass if the WR is actually open.

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  • But IMO, they hate the fact that she is a powerful, effective female legislator so much more.

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  • I know every year this can be said, but this year is glaringly bad, IMO.

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  • Lady Gaga's biggest religious problem is she comes from a Catholic background, IMO.

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  • Yeah, IMO yesterday's price is not today's price.

  • To say that the finale was good because it resolved the characters is a cop-out, IMO.

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  • In IMO, we should invest more in renewable energy sources.

Synonyms

honestly
vsIMO
∞ 1.1

Said when you want to stress that you really mean what you say

is used to flag a personal view without stressing truth or sincerity
personally
vsIMO
656 2.5

Said when you give your own opinion or experience

is a short online cue simply marking the speaker's opinion not experience
IMHO
vsIMO
  • Slang
1 9.4

A short way to write 'in my humble opinion' in online messages

is a neutral online marker stating a personal view without modest tone

Surface Forms

IMO positive

Morphology

IMO = my + opinion (opaque) = I + M + O

This chat abbreviation is formed from initial letters, and learners usually cannot infer the phrase 'in my opinion' from 'IMO' without prior exposure. [Postprocessing: moved 'in' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

IMO comes from the first letters of the phrase in my opinion. People put IMO before a sentence in chats or posts to show it is 'their personal view'.