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

Every year on May 16, to commemorate the founding of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order, the temples hold an event where members, family and friends around the world simultaneously transcribe the Heart Sutra together.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2023

He established Fo Guang Shan monastery in 1967, aiming to propagate Buddhist humanitarian values.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2023

The crowd went wild with joy at the palace plaza when, for the first time, the Kwifor declared his new names: Fo Fru Asa-ah Ndefru Angwafor IV.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2022

Dario Fo, an Italian playwright who died in 2016, is right up that alley.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2022

Fo Black lived on Canal Street, which used to be a real canal.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer