Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gpo

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: gpo
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Initialism of General Post Office.

name

Initialism of German patent office.

name

Initialism of Government Publishing Office, formerly Government Printing Office.

American usage

name

Initialism of Green Party of Ontario.

Canadian usage

name

Initialism of government press office.

noun

Initialism of group purchasing organization.

American usage

Example Sentences

""Yes. He gets to Paris at seven in the morning. He promised to telephone the first thing." "You expensive little monkey!" "Why?" "It's ten shillings for three minutes, or something like that, and you have to go to the G.P.O. or the Mansion House or some such place, I believe.""

Usage

American usage
Canadian usage

Inflected Forms

GPOs (plural)

Synonyms

united states government printing office us government printing office government printing office

Questions

What does gpo mean?: Initialism of General Post Office.

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