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IMO

IMO

23 9.3
A short online way to say you are giving your opinion
  • adverb
  • Slang
translation icon : 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

personally
vsIMO
906 2.5

Said when you give your own opinion or experience

is a short online cue simply marking the speaker's opinion not experience
honestly
vsIMO
691 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
IMHO
vsIMO
  • Slang
16 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'.