NEO

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. near-earth object.

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neo- ² American  

1. a combining form meaning “new,” “recent,” “revived,” “modified,” used in the formation of compound words.

   neo-Darwinism; Neolithic; neoorthodoxy; neophyte.

2. Chemistry. a combining form used in the names of isomers having a carbon atom attached to four carbon atoms.

   neoarsphenamine.

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neo- British  

combining form

1. (sometimes capital) new, recent, or a new or modern form or development

   neoclassicism

   neocolonialism

2. (usually capital) the most recent subdivision of a geological period

   Neogene

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Etymology

Origin of neo-

< Greek, combining form of néos; akin to new

Example Sentences

The company’s latest addition to the Apple ecosystem is the MacBook Neo, a budget laptop starting at just $599.

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The Neo was met with widespread enthusiasm and is expected to compete fiercely with Windows laptops and Chromebooks.

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With the Neo, “Apple has a great value and great product for every tier,” Creative Strategies’ Weinbach told MarketWatch.

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The introduction of the Neo highlights a deliberate strategy to maximize the market for Apple products, Bernstein’s Newman wrote in a March note, allowing users to access signature Apple features such as iCloud, iMessage and the upcoming Apple Intelligence software through a budget device.

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Newman called the Neo a “strategic on-ramp product” that can “expand the funnel of users who can then be monetized through Apple’s higher-margin services platform.”

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