o
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6.6
- noun
- /oʊ/
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- In the word 'dog', the letter o comes after the letter 'd'.
- o-lantern
- o-potty
- o-jack
Can you tell me the long and short sounds of the letter O?
- Can you tell me the long and short sounds of the letter O?
Examples
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- Righty-o!
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The letter o is often used as a vowel in English words.
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You start to let her know you are OK by giving her a big "O" over your head.
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'11 o' clock.' - '11 o' clock, fine.' - 'Good idea.' - 'Alright, fine.'
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Duck traced his index finger around the 'o' of HOLY on the front of the book next to him.
Fiction book (1998) -
And Bingo was his name-o.
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Sing, O spirits!
Fiction book (1991) -
And you're the only state that starts with an O Except for Oklahoma and Ohio, you're the only state that starts with an OR.
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Aaron Probst grew his hair out, then shaved and painted the O to be ready for the 2010 Stanford football game.
Blog text (23) -
♪ Bingo was his name-o ♪
Synonyms
40
4.9
The fifteenth letter of the alphabet shaped like a circle
Idioms
- Baby Talk
A short phrase showing mild surprise or worry said in a playful way
Compounds
- Specialized
7
3.9
A blood group whose red cells have no A or B markers, so they can donate to anyone
A large poisonous mushroom with orange caps that grows in tight groups and gills that glow in the dark
- Specialized
A medicine made by some mould that kills bacteria and is like penicillin G
Surface Forms
Etymology
The letter o comes from an old round sign and still looks like a small circle. The Greeks called the small 'o' omicron ('o' + 'small') and the large 'o' omega ('o' + 'large'), so the letter's name and shape remind us of a round, open circle.