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• Fo
  Fo

  noun

  Buddha.
• fo.
  fo.

  abbreviation

  folio.
• FO
  FO

  abbreviation

  force-out.
• F.O.
  F.O.

  abbreviation

  field officer.
• fo
  fo

  abbreviation

  Faeroe Islands

Fo

¹ American  

[foh, faw] / foʊ, fɔ /

noun

1. Chinese. Buddha.

2. Dario 1926–2016, Italian playwright and theater director: Nobel Prize 1997.

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fo. ² American  

abbreviation

1. folio.

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FO ³ American  

abbreviation

Baseball.

1. force-out.

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F.O. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. field officer.

2. foreign office.

3. Military. forward observer.

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FO ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. army Field Officer

2. air force Flying Officer

3. Foreign Office

4. Faeroe Islands (international car registration)

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Fo ² British  

/ fəʊ /

noun

1. Dario (ˈdærɪəʊ). born 1926, Italian playwright and actor. His plays include The Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1970), Trumpets and Raspberries (1984), and The Tricks of the Trade (1991): Nobel prize for literature 1997

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fo. ³ British  

abbreviation

1. folio

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fo ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. Faeroe Islands

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Etymology

Origin of FO

(for sense 4) from Faeroese Fōroyar

Example Sentences

There are several cases a year of passengers being trapped in a metro door and dragged along the platform, according to Bastien Berthier of FO.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2023

The CGT has announced healthworker strikes from Jan. 13 to 19, while the FO union called for indefinite strikes, citing a need to improve working conditions in the sector.

From Reuters • Jan. 16, 2023

“The FO office should call some of us to ask why we have to do this. I love this club.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2022

In fact, FO calculated that the 49ers suffered the second-most games lost due to injury of any team in the NFL since 2004.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2021

From T draw TF at 45� to meet horizon at F. With radius FT make FO equal to it.

From The Theory and Practice of Perspective by Storey, G. A. (George Adolphus)