ergo

Speech parts

1. ergo - Noun

2. ergo - Adverb

3. ergo - Conjunction

Meaning

Therefore; consequently; -- often used in a jocular way.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

consequently wherefore thence then thus away consequentially therefore subsequently necessarily hence accordingly henceforth whence therefrom
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Antonyms

however nevertheless besides conversely anyhow but
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Anagrams

goer gore ogre Gero orge rego roge

Examples

Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;" as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made. Ambrose Bierce

These two are not two, love has made them one. Amo Ergo Sum! And by its mystery each is no less but more. Benjamin Britten

The ancients used to say: mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur - the world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived. Stanisław Lem

CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, author of 'Cogito ergo sum' to demonstrate the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved 'Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum' 'I think that I think, therefore I think that I am' as close an approach. Ambrose Bierce

The truth is sum, ergo cogito - I am, therefore I think, although not everything that is thinks. Is not consciousness of thinking above all consciousness of being? Miguel de Unamuno

"With Descartes the Cogito ergo sum [I think, therefore I am] turns into Cogito ergo res sunt. Etienne Gilson

Close letter words and terms

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