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ergo

ergo

39 6.3
Shows that something happens because of something else
  • 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.

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Examples

  • You said our big export is aluminium and the demand has dropped in half and the price has dropped in half, ergo unhappiness.

  • Your job is not infantry, ergo you can't go to Ranger School, but you can go try out to become a green Beret.

  • than any other group in America. Ergo we have less savings.

  • Most of the time, shall we say, idiosyncratic thinking is not right, ergo the problem.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The project was over budget; ergo, we had to cut some features.

Synonyms

therefore
vsergo
  • Formal
∞ 3.2

For that reason

is used as a formal sentence connector rather than a general link
thus
vsergo
  • Formal
792 3.2

As a result

is used as a formal sentence connector rather than a casual link
hence
vsergo
  • Formal
274 3.2

For that reason

is used as a formal sentence connector rather than a simple marker
thereby
vsergo
  • Formal
134 3.9

Because of that, a result follows

focuses on formal sentence linking, not on means or method description
accordingly
vsergo
130 3.3

To do something that fits what was said or done

is used as a formal sentence connector rather than an action-matching term
consequently
vsergo
  • Formal
85 3.4

Shows that one thing happens because of another

is used as a formal sentence connector rather than a common adverb
thence
vsergo
  • Archaic
2 8.4

Because of that, something happens

is used as a formal sentence connector instead of more common phrasing
resultantly
vsergo
  • Formal
1 6.5

Because of that, something happens

is used as a formal sentence connector rather than a descriptive outcome word

Compounds

Believing that one event caused another just because it happened earlier

Surface Forms

ergo positive

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.