English Explanatory Dictionary

NEO

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Initialism of near-Earth object.
  2. Acronym of new engine option.
noun
  1. Clipping of neofan.
  2. Clipping of neoconservative.
  3. Clipping of neopronoun.
  4. Clipping of neodymium.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of NEO.
name
  1. A male given name originating as a coinage.
name
  1. A surname.
name
  1. An optimized German keyboard layout supporting nearly all Latin-based alphabets.
name
  1. An international auxiliary language created by Arturo Alfandari in 1961, combining features of Esperanto, Ido, Novial, and Volapük.

Pronunciation

/ˈniːəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-neo.wav

Word forms

NEO NEOs N.E.O. N. E. O.

Etymology

Recent coinage from the prefix neo- (“new”). Popularized by a character in the science-fiction film The Matrix (1999), where it is explained as an anagram of "(the) One".

Related words

CEO neo-geo Neo Tokyo
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