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ab ovo

US/æˈboʊˌvoʊ/

ab ovo adverb: from the beginning.

Adverb

ab ovo (not comparable)

  1. From the beginning.
    • We should be led too far, nor would it possess sufficient interest for our readers, were we, in this place specially, to discuss this important and complicated question, and to show ab ovo why this notion has been rejected.2011, Ludwig Büchner, J. Frederick Collingwood, Force and Matter: Empirico-Philosophical Studies, Intelligibly Rendered, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

ab ovo meaning in Tamil

ab ovo in Tamil

துவக்கத்தில், ஆரம்பத்தில்

Origin of ab ovo

Learned borrowing from Latin ab ōvō (literally “from the egg”).

Questions about ab ovo

What does ab ovo mean?
Ab ovo means from the beginning.
What is ab ovo in Tamil?
Ab ovo in Tamil is துவக்கத்தில், ஆரம்பத்தில். See Ab ovo meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ab ovo?
Ab ovo is an adverb.
How do you pronounce ab ovo?
Ab ovo is pronounced /æˈboʊˌvoʊ/ (US).

Words near ab ovo in the dictionary

  1. ab invito
  2. Ab Kettleby
  3. AB language
  4. ab off
  5. ab origine
  6. ab ovo
  7. ab roller
  8. ab roller wheel
  9. ab roller wheels
  10. ab rollers
  11. ab urbe condita

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