O
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
How often you will meet it
Rank 414 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 48,421 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.023% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust also: oxygen, atomic number 8
- the 15th letter of the Roman alphabet
- the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens also: type O, group O people with type O blood are universal donors
O in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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O! my vig, it's a barge-- Oh! criky! but that vos a bump!
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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Ha, ha, O Democritus, thy gods That govern the whole world! courtly reward And punishment.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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O charming word, Which, during all life, Husband and children and wife Repeat in common accord!
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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O come, come away From labor now reposing, Let busy care a while forbear; O come, come away.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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O Tom, but he knew a blue-jacket’s ways, And how a lieutenant may genially haze; Only a sailor sailors heartily praise.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1