Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- conjunction Consequently; therefore.
- adverb Consequently; hence.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Therefore: used technically in logic to introduce the conclusion of a complete and necessary syllogism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Therefore; consequently; -- often used in a jocular way.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
Consequently ,therefore . - conjunction
therefore (especially insyllogisms ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb (used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The other day I left a post-it note for my husband that had the word "ergo" on it.
NYT > Home Page By DONNA LYNNE CHAMPLIN 2011
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The other day I left a post-it note for my husband that had the word "ergo" on it.
NYT > Home Page By DONNA LYNNE CHAMPLIN 2011
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Pretentious enough to use the word ergo when he’s making a threat.
The Ark Boyd Morrison 2009
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21 Jul 2009 by Emily R my problem with the ergo is getting the baby in the back. we gave it back to the friend who lent it to us and are using a hiking backpack. what is the advantage of this carrier over a traditional backpack?
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My observation on the ergo is that Dads love it, and moms start to love it once their kids are over 20 lbs, and will then use them until they’re 4 or 5.
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Contains first use of the phrase cogito ergo sum.'
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MICHAEL POSNER 2011
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Practically every traditional tomato sauce uses oregano, ergo, that is almost all varieties of pizza and a ton of pasta dishes.
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Practically every traditional tomato sauce uses oregano, ergo, that is almost all varieties of pizza and a ton of pasta dishes.
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Critics say there's no "ergo" about it, and that the conclusion that Oswald was the lone assassin forced the commission into a scenario out of Rube Goldberg.
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"All men will believe on him"; ergo, "the Romans will come," &c. I.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
sonofgroucho commented on the word ergo
As in "Cogito ergo sum".
January 25, 2007
oroboros commented on the word ergo
Ogre in reverse!
January 25, 2007
uselessness commented on the word ergo
Truly one of the most pretentious words I know. Stick with therefore or thus; they're bad but not as bad.
January 25, 2007
mariekip commented on the word ergo
I really just like how this sounds.
December 19, 2007
bilby commented on the word ergo
You want this to fall into disuse, uselessness? Wherego ergo?
December 19, 2007
uselessness commented on the word ergo
Wouldn't bother me a mite. This word is chock full of hot airgo.
December 19, 2007