ergo
- adverb
- /ˈɜrɡoʊ/
- Formal
:
por lo tanto
- The experiment yielded poor results; ergo, we need to revise our hypothesis.
than any other group in America. Ergo we have less savings.
- than any other group in America. Ergo we have less savings.
- This is often talked about in terms of a famous formula which shows up in other works, Cogito Ergo sum.
- Suite and expressed in his Latin cogito ergo sum.
- You know, so she she says Descartes famous maxim Kojito ergo sum.
Examples
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You said our big export is aluminium and the demand has dropped in half and the price has dropped in half, ergo unhappiness.
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Your job is not infantry, ergo you can't go to Ranger School, but you can go try out to become a green Beret.
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than any other group in America. Ergo we have less savings.
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Most of the time, shall we say, idiosyncratic thinking is not right, ergo the problem.
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Ergo, ergo what I'm I'm viewing this from the point to view of the law, which is to say the political sociology of the state.
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It wouldn't shock me if Dan H counters with the argument that the PDSI has trended upwards towards zero in the last few years, ergo less drought.
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She did not attend the meeting, ergo she missed important information.
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The project was over budget; ergo, we had to cut some features.
Synonyms
∞
3.2
For that reason
752
3.2
As a result
286
3.2
For that reason
145
3.3
To do something that fits what was said or done
141
3.9
Because of that, a result follows
83
3.4
Shows that one thing happens because of another
Because of that, something happens
Because of that, something happens
Compounds
- Formal
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9.9
Believing that one event caused another just because it happened earlier
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ergo comes from Latin and means 'therefore' or 'as a result'. You may know it from the famous phrase 'Cogito, ergo sum' which means 'I think, therefore I am', so ergo is used to link one idea to the next, like saying 'so' in English.