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• lo
  lo

  interjection

  look! see! (frequently used in Biblical expressions; now usually used as an expression of surprise in the phraselo and behold ).
• LO
  LO

  abbreviation

  little one (used, especially by women, in digital communications to refer to one's infant or young child).

lo

¹ American  

[loh] / loʊ /

interjection

1. look! see! (frequently used in Biblical expressions; now usually used as an expression of surprise in the phraselo and behold ).

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lo ² American  

[loh] / loʊ /

adjective

1. an informal, simplified spelling of low, used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products.

   lo calorie.

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LO ³ American  

abbreviation

1. little one (used, especially by women, in digital communications to refer to one's infant or young child).

   We've been cloth diapering since my LO hit 10 pounds, about 6 months now.

2. loved one (used, especially by women, in digital communications to refer to one's romantic partner or spouse).

   I realized that my LO and I really didn't have much in common in terms of interests and basic values that could have held us together.

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LO ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. hello

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lo ² British  

/ ləʊ /

interjection

1. look! see! (now often in the phrase lo and behold )

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Etymology

Origin of lo¹

before 900; Middle English; conflation of lo exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy, O! ( Old English lā; see la ²) and lo, shortened form of loke ( Old English lōca ), imperative of loken to look

Origin of LO³

First recorded in 2000–05 LO for def. 1

Example Sentences

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"And lo and behold, here I am. So I'm very grateful."

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

He tells me, I try that, it works for me, and lo and behold when the race comes, I might beat him.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026

“During the financial crisis, governments around the world put the printing presses on and everyone said, ‘Oh, lo and behold, nothing’s happened.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

But, lo, dear reader, are you sitting down?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2025

I looked around for someone to trade spoons with, but lo and behold, nobody but our family even had any kind of a spoon at all!

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Swedish workers are also supported by Norway's Fellesforbundet, the biggest union in the country's LO confederation.

From Reuters ● Nov. 17, 2023

Is there a question you can add here to wrap up this set with this LO from the list?

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Eleven Tour pros, including Tiger Woods, sported the LO at The Open Championship earlier this summer.

From Golf Digest ● Aug. 28, 2018

LO: Stage 14 at Mende: as Thibaut Pinot and Romain Bardet stared down, each daring the other to blink first on the finishing straight, Steve Cummings rounded both to become a stage winner at 34.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2015

LO: which latter place I entered by moon-light.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Thomas Frognall Dibdin