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lo

Pronunciation: /ləʊ/
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Definition of lo

exclamation

archaic
  • used to draw attention to an interesting or amazing event:and lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them

Phrases

lo and behold

used to present a new scene, situation, or turn of events, often with the suggestion that, though surprising, it could in fact have been predicted:you took me out and, lo and behold, I got home to find my house had been ransacked

Origin:

natural exclamation: first recorded as in Old English; reinforced in Middle English by a shortened form of loke 'look!', imperative of look

lo in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of lo in the US English dictionary