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  • Ito
    Ito
    noun
    Prince Hirobumi 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
  • ITO
    ITO
    International Trade Organization.

Ito

1 American  
[ee-taw] / ˈiˈtɔ /

noun

  1. Prince Hirobumi 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.


ITO 2 American  
  1. International Trade Organization.


Ito 1 British  
/ ˈiːtəʊ /

noun

  1. Prince Hirobumi (ˌhɪərəˈbuːmɪ). 1841–1909, Japanese statesman; premier (1884–88; 1892–96; 1898; 1900–01). He led the movement to modernize Japan and helped to draft the Meiji constitution (1889); assassinated

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ITO 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. International Trade Organization

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A risk of a potential cyclical slowdown is overemphasized in markets for the Japanese maker of chip-testing equipment, Ito says.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

Ito featured just once in Japan's last World Cup campaign but could find himself in demand depending on the status of Tomiyasu's injury.

From BBC Mar. 31, 2026

"Insulin injections remain a daily burden for many patients," said Associate Professor Shingo Ito.

From Science Daily Mar. 24, 2026

The hosts led thanks to a Hiroki Ito header but fell behind when Augsburg's Arthur Chaves and Han-Noah Massengo scored in quick succession.

From Barron's Jan. 24, 2026

Sharon Ito, the daughter of the Japanese sharecropper for whom we picked strawberries during the summer, and I alternated taking the first seat, although she sat in it more often than I did.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez

Also flooded were several private and government offices, including the police headquarters, in the city's ITO area.

From Reuters Jul. 14, 2023

As you scroll through TikTok videos, ITO conducts an unseen electrical current beneath your fingertips.

From Science Magazine Feb. 22, 2023

It contains four weight sensors and 14 ITO electrodes in the scale itself, plus an additional four located in the handle.

From The Verge Jan. 3, 2022

ITO is used as a transparent conductive electrode in everyone’s LCD displays.

From Forbes May 29, 2014

An effective ITO was at least a year away, and meanwhile the nations were settling back to their prewar restrictive routines.

From Time Magazine Archive

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