Argo

[ ahr-goh ]

noun

, genitive Ar·gus [ahr, -g, uh, s]

1. Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
2. (italics) Classical Mythology. the ship in which Jason sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece.

Argo

¹

/ ˈɑːɡəʊ /

noun

1. Greek myth the ship in which Jason sailed in search of the Golden Fleece

Argo

²

/ ˈɑːɡəʊ /

noun

1. an extensive constellation in the S hemisphere now subdivided into the smaller constellations of Puppis , Vela , Carina , and Pyxis Also calledArgo Navisˈneɪvɪs

Other Words From

• Ar·goan adjective

Example Sentences

He won one for Best Supporting Actor for Syriana in 2006 (he won another for Argo, which he co-produced).

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Even at its bushiest, in the Oscar-winning seventies-set Argo, the Affleck beard remained hot and dignified.

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Usually the Best Picture winner is a foregone conclusion by this point—did anyone really think The Artist or Argo would lose?

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They co-produced Argo, The American, and August: Osage County.

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And the Academy has always loved heaping awards on exaggerated films “based on a true story,” from Titanic to Argo.

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"Come in," summoned the Priestess of Argo, and he turned into a windowless cabin and stopped one step beyond the threshold.

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It was five hundred years ago that the religion of Argo in Leptar purged all her rituals and instituted new ones.

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The door of a cabin opened and white veils flung forward from the form of Argo who emerged like silver from the bone-colored door.

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Behind them now, Argo's dark veils, bloated with the breeze, filled about her as she mounted the steps to the wheel deck.

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The last thing he saw was Jordde suddenly wrest something from Argo's neck and then fling it out into the sea.

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