Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Cancer and Virgo, containing the bright stars Regulus and Denebola.
- noun The fifth sign of the zodiac in astrology.
- noun One who is born under this sign.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In astronomy, an ancient zodiacal constellation, the Lion, containing Regulus, a star of magnitude 1½, and two stars of the second magnitude.
- noun In zoology, the technical specific name of the lion, Felis leo, sometimes taken as a generic name , when the animal is called
Leo africanus .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Astron.) The Lion, the fifth sign of the zodiac, marked thus [♌] in almanacs.
- noun A northern constellation east of Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the Sickle.
- noun a small constellation between Leo and the Great Bear.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A male
given name , borne by numerous saints and 13 popes. - proper noun astronomy : A
constellation of thezodiac , shaped approximately like alion and containing the bright starRegulus . - proper noun astrology : The zodiac sign for the
Lion , ruled by the Sun and covering July 23 - August 22 (tropical astrology ) or August 16 - September 15 (sidereal astrology ). - noun Someone with a Leo
star sign
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo
- noun (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo
- noun the fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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LEO: Everything you do says: For God's sakes, Leo.
Chris Weigant: The "Let Obama Be Obama" Moment Chris Weigant 2010
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Juan Carlos Oviedo, seen here closing a game for the Marlins under the name Leo Nunez, remains in the Dominican Republic after admitting falsifying documents.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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But he said he used the name Leo with a different surname so people did not realise who he was.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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But he said he used the name Leo with a different surname so people did not realise who he was.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Juan Carlos Oviedo, seen here closing a game for the Marlins under the name Leo Nunez, remains in the Dominican Republic after admitting falsifying documents.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Juan Carlos Oviedo, seen here closing a game for the Marlins under the name Leo Nunez, remains in the Dominican Republic after admitting falsifying documents.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Juan Carlos Oviedo, seen here closing a game for the Marlins under the name Leo Nunez, remains in the Dominican Republic after admitting falsifying documents.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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The only choice open to Leo is to try to make amends, no matter how impossible that task might seem.
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Confronting the Leo is always a mistake for any would-be tax Gestapo.
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Usually, the Leo is at the crisis point of the slow down.
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