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Date "CATO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | CATO Fortran-like CAI language for PLATO system on CDC 1604. "CSL PLATO System Manual", L.A. Fillman, U Illinois, June 1966. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Literature | Cato He is a Cato. A man of simple life, severe morals, self-denying habits, strict justice, brusque manners, blunt of speech, and of undoubted patriotism, like the Roman censor of that name. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CATO | English | Civil Aviation Traffic Operations | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: CATO |
| English words defined with "CATO": Catonian. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "CATO": Back-stair Influence ♦ Carthaginem esse Delendam, Cato-Street Conspiracy, Censorius et Sapiens ♦ Dramatic Unities ♦ Punic Faith ♦ U'ticensis. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "CATO" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Dutch (Cato). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Cato! You imbecile! (The Pink Panther Strikes Again; writing credit: Blake Edwards and Frank Waldman.) What?! Goddammit, he was the only judge since Cato who didn't accept bribes! (A Man for All Seasons; writing credit: Robert Bolt) | |
Clever | Grasp the subject, the words will follow. (references; author: Cato) Attempt only what you are able to perform. (references; author: Cato) I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment. (references; author: Cato) We cannot control the evil tongues of others, but a good life enables us to despise them. (references; author: Cato) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Edd Ladd, full-blood Apache Indian, of the Jicarilla Reservation, New Mexico, with Indian Commissioner Cato Sells, on horseback. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Osage Council, with other Osage Indians, who came to Washington in connection with gas and mineral rights on the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells, Assistant Commissioner E.B. Meritt and Superintendent of the Osage Na. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Alexander Pope | Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause. |
Cato | Grasp the subject, the words will follow. |
| Attempt only what you are able to perform. | |
| I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment. | |
Cato The Elder | Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few. |
| Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses. | |
| I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one. | |
Marcus Porcius Cato | I can pardon everyone's mistakes but my own. |
Marcus Portius Cato | An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | It would seem that I made it according to the recipe which Marcus Porcius Cato gave about two centuries before Christ. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Founded in 1955, the St. Vincent Labor Party (SVLP), under R. Milton Cato, gained the support of the middle class. (references) |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Following victories in the 1967 and 1974 elections, the SYLP led the island to independence, winning the first post-independence election in 1979. Expecting an easy victory for the SYLP in 1984, Cato called early elections. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | The same Cato, on a principle of oeconomy, always sold his sick and superannuated slaves. |
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| "CATO" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 81.82% of the time. "CATO" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 81.82% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (singular) | 18.18% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 22 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "CATO" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Cato | Last name | 4,000 | 3,192 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Cato Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Cato, NY (village, FIPS 12958) 2. Cato, WI |
Expression using "CATO": Cato Institute. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "CATO": Cato-cathartic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "CATO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Dutch | Cato. (various references) | ||||||||||
French | Caton. (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | Catone. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | atocay catón. (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CATO": catoptric. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "CATO": marcato, pizzicato, spiccato, staccato. (additional references) | |
Words containing "CATO": abdicator, abdicators, adjudicator, adjudicators, adjudicatory, advocator, advocators, allocator, allocators, applicator, applicators, applicatory, authenticator, authenticators, certificatory, classificatory, communicator, communicators, communicatory, confiscator, confiscators, confiscatory, decorticator, decorticators, dedicator, dedicators, dedicatory, defalcator, defalcators, deprecatorily, deprecatory, desiccator, desiccators, duplicator, duplicators, educator, educators, equivocator, equivocators, eradicator, eradicators, evocator, evocators, excommunicator, excommunicators, explicator, explicators, explicatory, fabricator, fabricators, fornicator. (additional references) | |
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"CATO" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Acot, Casto, catom, Catta, Catti, cbto, Cctu, Ceuto, Cfao, Chato, Chatou, Coto, Cuatro, Cytob, Ncito. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: coat, taco. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-o-t" | |
-1 letter: act, cat, cot, oat, oca, tao. | |
-2 letters: at, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-o-t" | |
+1 letter: actor, ascot, canto, coact, coapt, coast, coati, coats, costa, cotan, cotta, octad, octal, octan, tacos, taroc. | |
+2 letters: accost, action, actors, aortic, ascots, atomic, atonic, atopic, avocet, azotic, bobcat, cahoot, cannot, canton, cantor, cantos, capote, captor, carrot, carton, cartop, castor, catalo, cation, cavort, chalot, citola, coacts, coapts, coasts, coated, coatee, coater, coatis, cobalt, coital, comate, combat, contra, costae, costal, costar, cotans, coteau, cottae, cottar, cottas, cowpat, craton, dacoit, factor, locate, mascot, octads, octane, octans, octant, octave, octavo, outact, oxcart, scotia, scrota, tarocs, toecap, tombac, tomcat, toucan, trocar, turaco. | |
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