ufo
/ˌjuˌɛfˈoʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
3
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Initialism of unidentified flying object; (loosely) an alien spacecraft.
noun
noun
A UFO.
Example Sentences
- "By that time not only the Australian press and public but also the Federal Government was agog with speculation as fresh UFO reports flowed in."
- "After the case had been reported in the newspapers, Mrs. Gracindo de Souza, wife of a member of the local stock exchange, told police that she and her daughter had been driving down Alameda Sao Boaventura when they had seen an^([sic]) UFO hovering over the clearing where the bodies were later discovered."
- "To my way of thinking, there is every bit as much evidence for the existence of UFOs as there is for the existence of God. Probably far more. At least in the case of UFOs there have been countless taped and filmed—and, by the way, unexplained—sightings from all over the world, along with documented radar evidence seen by experienced military and civilian radar operators."
- "UFOs differ from WIPs in that a WIP is a project one is actively pursuing, while a UFO runs the risk of never getting finished."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌjuˌɛfˈoʊ/
- British English: /ˌjuːɛfˈəʊ/