lo

1 of 2

interjection

used to call attention or to express wonder or surprise
lo these many years

LO

2 of 2

abbreviation

liaison officer

Examples of lo in a Sentence

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Interjection
And lo, like a rain cloud over a parched valley, here comes Amazon boss Andy Jassy to shower us with fresh fear and dread. Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 18 June 2025 No me lo van a creer pero nos chocaron el yate mientras estábamos en Nápoles. Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2024 Now a court action could resolve the question that’s been hanging over the complex for lo these many years: Can, and should, Seaside be saved? Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 29 July 2024 Flash forward a decade and lo, Abby has found herself on a zeitgeisty FX show called The Bear. Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2024 These four moons are Jupiter’s largest satellites — lo, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto — also known as Galilean Moons, according to National Geographic. Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2024 God narrates the film, starring Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson, which was born in the basement show spaces of UCB lo these many years ago. Vulture, 20 Sep. 2023 As the good folk in the land of the sacrament have said for lo these many years: light the freakin’ beam. Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2023 And lo, the gospel of RottenTomatoes.com has Hollywood popping Klonopin and yanking out its hair more than ever as summer movie season gets going. Chris Lee, HWD, 9 June 2017

Word History

Etymology

Interjection

Middle English, from Old English

First Known Use

Interjection

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lo was before the 12th century

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“Lo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lo. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.

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lo

interjection
used to call attention or show wonder or surprise

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