lo

Interjection

1. (archaic except in the phrase lo and behold) look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).
   • Caliban: Lo, lo again! Bite him to death, I prithee.c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, act III, scene ii
   • Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night,
     Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight:
     And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught
     The Sultán's Turret in a Noose of light.1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 1

Particle

lo

1. (Manglish, Singlish, rare) Sentence-final particle denoting finality or completion.

   Synonyms:

   liao, already

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Lo

Lo

1. An abbreviated form of surnames beginning with "Lo-".

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Lo

Lo

1. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
   • Ts’ao Chih’s “Goddess of the Lo” at first reading appears to depart from the prevailing current of realism which I have outlined above, describing as it does a vision of Fu-fei, the goddess of the Lo River, as she reveals herself to the poet.1971, Burton Watson, “Introduction”, in Chinese Rhyme-Prose, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 57
   • The waters of the Lo River enjoyed a reputation as venerable as those of the great Ho itself, into which it ultimately empties.1973, Edward H. Schafer, The Divine Woman: Dragon Ladies and Rain Maidens in T'ang Literature, San Francisco: North Point Press, published 1980, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 68

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Lo

Lo

1. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
2. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.

Proper noun (4) capitalized: Lo

Lo

1. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
2. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

Noun capitalized: LO

LO (plural LOs)

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of local oscillator.
2. (abbreviation, on some gear levers) Abbreviation of low (“low gear or low range”).

   Antonyms:

   HI[high]]>, OD, O/D, O.D.[overdrive]]>

3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of loved one.
   • Looking for health insurance for my LO. Too young for Medicare, not Medicaid qualified. With a pre-existing condition of dementia I've only been able to find one policy (Blue Cross) at about $1000/month (their one high-risk policy).1999 August 12, thor...@my-deja.com, “Health insurance options?”, in alt.support.alzheimers (Usenet), archived from the original on 28 Jun 2025
   • When an elderly LO has deteriorated in his health to the point that he must move in with one of his adult children, many lives are changed forever.2008, Starr Calo-oy with Bob Calo-oy, “Introduction: ‘The Unsung Hero’”, in Caregiving Tips A-Z: Alzheimer’s & Other Dementias, San Antonio, Tex.: Orchard Publications, →ISBN, pages 1–2
4. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of little one (“one's child”).

Proper noun (5) capitalized: LO

LO

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of London Overground.