ergo

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adverb 1.4 Conjunction 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 German 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Conjunction 3 Italian 3.1 Verb 3.2 Conjunction 4 Latin 4.1 Conjunction 4.2 Adverb 4.2.1 Descendants

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin ergo

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ɡəʊ

[edit] Adverb

ergo (not comparable)

1. Consequently, therefore.
   • 2003, Pirates of the Caribbean:

     The pirates who invaded this fort left Sparrow locked in his cell; ergo, they are not his allies.

[edit] Conjunction

ergo

1. therefore (especially in syllogisms).
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) because

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: egor
• goer
• gore
• ogre, Ogre
• rego

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[edit] German

[edit] Pronunciation

•  Audio (Austria)^{help, file}

[edit] Conjunction

ergo

1. ergo

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[edit] Verb

ergo

1. First-person singular present tense of ergere.

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ergo

1. ergo

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Conjunction

ergo

1. therefore, because, hence, consequently
   • 1637, René Descartes' Discourse on the Method

     Cogito, ergo sum.

     I think, therefore I am.

[edit] Adverb

ergō (not comparable)

1. exactly, precisely
2. accordingly, then
3. consequently, therefore

[edit] Descendants

• English: ergo, argal
• Norwegian ergo