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arvo

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for arvo.

Editorial note

Throw a beaut snag on the barbie this arvo and have yerself a true blue Aussie New Years.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Initialism of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of arvo gathered in one view.

noun

Initialism of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.

noun

(Australia, New Zealand, informal) Afternoon.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for arvo.

noun

Initialism of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.

noun

(Australia, New Zealand, informal) Afternoon.

Example sentences

1

Throw a beaut snag on the barbie this arvo and have yerself a true blue Aussie New Years.

2

If you're looking for recommendations, try Fratres and Tabula Rasa by Arvo Part, or Symphony #3 by Gorecki.

3

Not sure about Debussy, but this clip you posted reminds me of Für Alina by Arvo Pärt, 1976.

4

One, it takes a good bit of work to boot Arvo beyond a merely correct nock interpreter.

5

If you are ever in Tallinn, it’s well worth the visit to the Arvo Pärt Centre.

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Or to put it more briefly: a well-designed Nock implementation is not in any way coupled to the Hoon or Arvo layers.

7

See Gyorgy Ligeti, Arvo Part, John Adams, George Crumb.

8

Or consider how Arvo Pärt, a composer who writes music in a style that could be labeled anti-modern, was moved almost to tears at seeing Anish Kapoor’s modern-art sculpture Marsyas.

9

(Contemporary maybe meaning 1960s and on.) Especially Arvo Part, Gorecki, and John Adams.

10

I looked up a bit about Arvo Kustaa Halberg.

11

One of the pleasures of going to Saturday arvo movie matinées was to share peanuts and peanut brittle which where I grew up was almost as popular as popcorn.

Quote examples

1

Someone saying "I'm going to pick up my ute in the arvo while I eat a jaffle" - sure, let me look up what that means.

2

Neither of these are slang, like "ute" or "arvo", they're a thoughtful evolution of the language.

3

"Hall was born Arvo Kustaa Halberg in 1910 to Matt (Matti) and Susan (Susanna) Halberg in Cherry, a rural community on Northern Minnesota's Mesabi Iron Range" says Wikipedia.

4

> I guess the Hoon interpreter is a C program that uses readline "or even readline - this is not readline, it's internal to Arvo"

Proper noun examples

1

I’ve been working on Arvo, a platform that lets people invest in Dubai real estate starting from $100.

2

Arvo Pärt is new to me (my fault, really), but now I'm intrigued.

3

If you have Arvo, the design looks sort-of-okay.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use arvo in a sentence?

Throw a beaut snag on the barbie this arvo and have yerself a true blue Aussie New Years.

What does arvo mean?

Initialism of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.

What part of speech is arvo?

arvo is commonly used as noun.