VSO

English

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Adjective

VSO

  2. (linguistics, of a language) Initialism of verb–subject–object [word order]: a language is VSO if a typical sentence starts with a verb, followed by the subject, followed by the object.
    Coordinate terms: SVO, SOV, OSV, VOS

See also

Noun

VSO (plural VSOs)

  1. (music, derogatory) Initialism of violin-shaped object, referring to a violin that is of very low quality.
    • 2021 July 2, Jennifer Gersten, “The Urge to Destroy a Violin”, in The New Yorker‎[1], archived from the original on 11 July 2022:
      Even a damaged violin or a so-called V.S.O. — a “violin-shaped object” which looks and feels like a violin but, owing to damning structural issues, cannot be played to any satisfaction—can run higher than a hundred dollars […] When my friend first messaged me a video of Thackray hacking a V.S.O. into pieces, I whimpered.

Proper noun

VSO

  1. Initialism of Voluntary Service Overseas.

References

VSO site

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