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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Beginning | Begin at the beginning, begin ab ovo. |
Adverb: at the beginning, in the beginning; Noun: first, in the first place, imprimis, first and foremost; in limine; in the bud, in embryo, in its infancy; from the beginning, from its birth; ab initio, ab ovo, ab incunabilis, ab origine. | |
Completeness | Throughout; from first to last, from beginning to end, from end to end, from one end to the other, from Dan to Beersheba, from head to foot, from top to toe, from top to bottom, de fond en comble; a fond, a capite ad calcem, ab ovo usque ad mala, fore and aft; every, whit, every inch; cap-a-pie, to the end of the chapter; up to the brim, up to the ears, up to the eyes; as.. as can be. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: AB OVO |
| Specialty definitions using "AB OVO": In Medias Res. (references) |
Expression using "AB OVO": begin ab ovo. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "AB OVO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hebrew | מבראשית (ab initio, from the beginning). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | abay ovoay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-o-o-v" | |
-2 letters: abo, avo, boa, boo, ova. | |
-3 letters: ab, ba, bo. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-o-o-v" | |
+2 letters: obovate. | |
+3 letters: obviator. | |
+4 letters: boliviano, obviation, obviators, overboard, overbroad, overlabor. | |
+5 letters: aboveboard, bloviation, bolivianos, obviations, overlabors. | |
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