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algo
1[al-goh]
algo-
2a combining form meaning “pain,” used in the formation of compound words.
algophobia.
algo-
combining form
denoting pain
algometer
algophobia
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of algo1
Origin of algo2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of algo1
Example Sentences
“What comes up a lot in the sessions is, ‘Prefiero irme con algo, que irme sin nada,’” Gallegos said.
En medio de las quejas por el precio de las entradas, una encuesta de 2023 sugería que el 44% de los residentes en París y sus alrededores han llegado a pensar que la organización de los Juegos es “algo malo”.
Y “una vez que se propone algo, le entra con mucha seriedad”.
“Para los mánagers que me ven, la inteligencia artificial es algo aterrador y la están usando contra nosotros”, escribió.
These days, it’s well known that what we see online is determined by algorithms—or, as we now call it, “the algo”—and that digital privacy is virtually impossible.
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When To Use
Algo- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “pain.” It is occasionally used in medical terms, especially in psychiatry and pathology.Algo- comes from the Greek áDz, meaning “pain.” Similar in meaning and use to algo- are odyno- and -odynia, which derive from ǻýŧ, also meaning “pain.”Corresponding forms of algo- combined to the end of words are -algia, as in ovarialgia, or -algy, as in coxalgy. Learn more about these forms in our 51Թs That Use articles for each.
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