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arvo

UK/ˈɑː(ɹ).vəʊ/

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Australia/ˈɐː.vəʉ/

arvo noun: afternoon.

Noun

arvo (plural arvos)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) Afternoon.
    • “Rope and tomahawk,” explained Col. “We put them here this arvo when I came down and whistled first time.”1960, John Gunn, The Humpy in the Hills, page 46
    • The usual reaction of a footsoldier observing such incidents is well summed up by the comments of Private Derrick in the Salient at Tobruk: ‘Seen a human side of the war yesterday arvo Red Cross partys [sic] burying dead & treating wounded one of our partys were fired on by enemy & I will always...2000, Mark Johnston, Fighting the Enemy: Australian Soldiers and their Adversaries in World War II, page 33
    Synonyms:
    afternoon

Proper noun capitalized: ARVO

ARVO

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.

Examples of arvo in a sentence

  • ‘We'll fly you out at seven this arvo—but bring them down a little early, just in case we need to think of something else.’2010, Chris Bray, The 1000 Hour Day: Two Adventurers Take on the World's Harshest Island, unnumbered page:
  • “Yeah, he only works on a Saturday arvo,” Kelly told her.2010, Rebecca Iannone, The Invisible String: The Secrets That Bind, page 55:

Synonyms of arvo

Forms of arvo

pluralarvos
alternative formarvy

Origin of arvo

Clipping of afternoon + -o (“colloquialising suffix”).

Words formed from arvo

Words that rhyme with arvo

Questions about arvo

What does arvo mean?
Arvo means afternoon.
How do you use arvo in a sentence?
‘We'll fly you out at seven this arvo—but bring them down a little early, just in case we need to think of something else.’
What part of speech is arvo?
Arvo can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce arvo?
Arvo is pronounced /ˈɐː.vəʉ/ (Australia).
What is the plural of arvo?
The plural of arvo is arvos.

Words near arvo in the dictionary

  1. Arvizo
  2. Arvizos
  3. Arvizu
  4. Arvizus
  5. ARVN
  6. arvo
  7. arvos
  8. ARVs
  9. arvy
  10. ARW
  11. Arwal

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