Fo
noun
Fo
1 American
[foh, faw]
/ foʊ, fɔ /
fo.
2
American
abbreviation
FO
3
American
abbreviation
Baseball.
F.O.
4
American
abbreviation
-
field officer.
-
foreign office.
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Military. forward observer.
FO
1
British
abbreviation
-
army Field Officer
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air force Flying Officer
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Foreign Office
-
Faeroe Islands (international car registration)
Fo
2
British
/ fəʊ /
noun
fo.
3
British
abbreviation
fo
4
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of FO
(for sense 4) from Faeroese Fōroyar
Example Sentences
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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
The Actors’ Gang didn’t do any Fo plays until “Accidental Death,” after some of them had met Fo himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
Robbins invited Fo to see the show, and he accepted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
D i s co m f It/d I s co m Fo RT.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
The chapters are numbered in the first 72 folios only, but these numbers teem with errors; fo. 38b. caput lix., 40b, lix., 41b, lxi. ibid., lxii., 42a, lx., 43a, lxi.
From Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Louise Seymour Houghton
"A vain surety *LL. fo. 80a. is the one wherewith my master Fergus comes to me; for no sword is in the sheath of the great staff he bears."
From The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by Joseph Dunn
Hall Book No. 2, fo. 175b; Repertory 59, fo.
From London and the Kingdom - Volume II by Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson) Sharpe
On the 26th October of this year the Court of Aldermen directed a narrative to be drawn up of what had taken place in the Common Council on the preceding day.—Id., fo. 313b.
From London and the Kingdom - Volume II by Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson) Sharpe
Book F, fo. 168.558.-Id., fo. 191b.559.By writ, dated 1 July.
From London and the Kingdom - Volume I by Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson) Sharpe
“The laboratory analysis and the totality of the circumstantial evidence available established an association between one portion of these remains and FO Rinke,” the profile states.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
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
Since PO-PD = LO, and AO-AD = FO, this curve is one branch of the hyperbola of which D and O are the foci.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 by Various
"If India also jumps on the bandwagon with such a levy, as the world's biggest sugar consumer, this could be felt in global growth," said Stefan Uhlenbrock, senior analyst at F.O.
From Reuters ● May 23, 2017
In this ambitious, idea-packed study of midcentury American literature, Greif recovers a cultural discourse that feels like a lost tongue: the exorbitant claims made for the novel by critics like Lionel Trilling, F.O.
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2015
Guests would spend a night at his hotel - built in Estes Park by businessman F.O.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 27, 2015
The surplus may be smaller than the 5.8 million tons this season, Stefan Uhlenbrock, senior commodity analyst at F.O.
From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 28, 2012
Of course you know that clever, agreeable little fellow Comyn, who was chargé d'affaires here, and is now under-secretary at the F.O. in Madrid?
From Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by John Knox Laughton
He’s relied on Morris as well as others in the recovery community fo guidance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
Following Erkan’s appointment, the bank has raised its key rate a series fo time: by an aggressive 7.5 percentage points in August, 2.5 percentage points in July and 6.5 percentage points in June.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
The full motto for over 75 years for the festival has been: "Byd gwyn fydd byd a gano. Gwaraidd fydd ei gerddi fo."
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2023
Last year, the wideout played in just five games and logged only six catches fo 27 yards.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 11, 2022
"Where is she? Tell Jory fo bring her here at once."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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