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Date "BONO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang | Verb. Source: It comes from Sunny Bono, when he ran into a tree skiing. Definition: To run into a tree while going down the mountain. Context: It's used to describe when you or someone else ran into a tree. Social Source: Snowboarders. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
He joined U2 after answering an advert posted at his school by Larry Mullen Jr. He turned up for the audition claiming to be able to play guitar.
Since 1999 he has become increasingly involved in campaigning for third-world debt relief and the plight of Africa. In May 2002 he took US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill on a four-country tour of Africa. Also that year, Bono set up a organization called "DATA", which stands for Debt, Aids, Trade in Africa. The focus of the organization is to raise awareness about Africa's unpayable debts, uncontrolled spread of AIDS, and unfair trade rules which the country's citizens poor.
While on his mission to highlight Africa's AIDS crisis, Bono traveled to the White House for a special private meeting with President George W. Bush, who had just unveiled a $5 billion aid package for the world's poorest countries that respect human rights. Bono also accompanied the President for a speech on the White House lawn. "This is an important first step, and a serious and impressive new level of commitment... This must happen urgently, because this is a crisis," Bono said, "It is much easier and hipper for me to be on the barricades with a handkerchief over my nose -- it looks better on the resume of a rock 'n' roll star. But I can do better by just getting into the White House and talking to a man who I believe listens, wants to listen, on these subjects."
In 2002, Bono wrote the introduction to the "Book of Psalms", one of nine books of the Bible published individually in Canongate Book's "Pocket Canons" series.
Bono appears in the 2002 List of "100 Greatest Britons" (sponsored by the BBC, voted for by the public and which included Irish people), alongside such other greats as Sir Winston Churchill, Diana, Princess of Wales, Queen Elizabeth I of England, Sir Bob Geldof and others.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bono."
| 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 |
| BOT | Spanish | Bono ordinario del Tesoro | Finance |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Intention | Final cause; raison d'etre; cui bono; object, aim, end; "the be all and the end all"; drift; (meaning); tendency; destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull's-eye, |
Philanthropy | Adverb: pro bono publico, pro aris et focis. |
Rashness | Phrase: neck or nothing, the devil being in one; non semper temeritas est felix; paucis temeritas est bono multis malo. |
Utility | Noun: utility; usefulness; Adjective: efficacy, efficiency, adequacy; service, use, stead, avail; help; (aid); applicability; Adjective: subservience; (instrumentality); function; (business); value; worth; (goodness); money's worth; productiveness; cui bono; (intention); utilization; (use) step in the right direction. |
Adverb: usefully; Adjective: pro bono publico. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: BONO |
| Specialty definitions using "BONO": Bono Johnny ♦ Cui bono?. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "BONO" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Esperanto (good), Latin (advantage, brave, estate, good, good thing, goods, healthy, honest, kind, noble, pleasant, possessions, profit, right, useful, valid, wealth), Spanish (bond, certificate, token, voucher), Turkish (bond, coupon). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | She has to get famous and introduce me to Bono. (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Eric Hutchins met with various restoration partners including the Lewis Berger group an engineering division that is offering pro bono services, a Town of Dennis representative, the state fisheries officer and others. The purpose of the pre restoration meeting was to assess restoration alternatives. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | French liberty - British slavery / Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono publico. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | Kuwait | However, the Kuwaiti Bar Association is obligated upon court request to appoint an attorney pro bono for indigent defendants in civil, commercial, and criminal cases. (references) |
Kuwait | While virtually all indigent criminal defendants ask for and receive pro bono counsel, in practice very few indigent civil and commercial plaintiffs request this service. (references) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | Defendants accused of felonies or capital crimes have the right to legal counsel, and the judicial system provides for court-appointed attorneys; however, no free legal assistance is available, except infrequently when members of the bar provide pro bono advice to defendants for limited time periods. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Though they sat on opposite sides of the aisle, Representatives Walter Capps and Sonny Bono shared a deep love for this House and an unshakable commitment to improving the lives of all our people. |
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| "BONO" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 51.72% of the time. "BONO" is used about 29 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) | 51.72% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (singular) | 48.28% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Total | 100.00% | 29 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "BONO" 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 |
| Bono | Last name | 2,000 | 7,356 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Bono, AR (town, FIPS 7630) 2. Bono, OH |
Expressions using "BONO": ad pro bono publico ♦ cui bono ♦ paucis temeritas est bono multis malo ♦ pro bono ♦ pro bono publico ♦ Solicitors Pro Bono Group. Additional references. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
bono | 519 | bono photo | 10 |
pro bono | 115 | bono popmart | 9 |
bono u2 | 88 | bono wallpaper | 9 |
sonny bono | 82 | ali bono | 9 |
pro bono lawyer | 74 | bono definition pro | 7 |
edward de bono | 67 | bono quote | 7 |
chastity bono | 53 | blue bono corrs featuring go lyrics star when | 6 |
pro bono attorney | 45 | pam bono | 6 |
mary bono | 36 | bono chasity | 6 |
bono vox | 28 | bono data | 6 |
bono arkansas | 26 | bono es que un | 6 |
de bono | 26 | bono mexico popmart | 5 |
cher bono | 19 | bono u2 picture | 5 |
bono picture | 17 | bono pop u2 | 5 |
bono edge u2 | 16 | bono corrs | 5 |
bono catalina | 15 | bono design pam | 5 |
bono loto | 12 | attorney bono federal in pro texas | 5 |
bono pic | 12 | bono illinois pro | 5 |
bono sun glasses | 11 | bono directory florida pro | 5 |
biography bono | 11 | bono death threat | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "BONO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | sentence en équité (ex aequo et bono award), ex aequo et bono (ex aequo et bono), équité (ex aequo et bono). (various references) | ||||
German | Entscheid nach Billigkeit (ex aequo et bono award). (various references) | ||||
Italian | decisione in equit (ex aequo et bono award). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | onobay | ||||
| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 12, Verse 21 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Mh nikw upo tou kakou alla nika en tw agaqw to kakon |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Noli vinci a malo sed vince in bono malum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Nyle thou be ouercomun of yuel, but ouercome thou yuel bi good. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Be not overcome of evyll: But overcome evyll wt goodnes. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good. |
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| Language | Romans Chapter 12, Verse 21 |
| Cebuano | Ayaw pagpadaug sa dautan, hinonoa dag-a ang dautan pinaagi sa maayo. |
| Chinese | 不 可 為 惡 所 勝 、 反 要 以 善 勝 惡 。 |
| Croatian | Ne daj se pobijediti zlom, nego dobrim svladavaj zlo. |
| Danish | Lad dig ikke overvinde af det onde, men overvind det onde med det gode! |
| Dutch | Wordt van het kwade niet overwonnen, maar overwint het kwade door het goede. |
| Finnish | Älä anna pahan itseäsi voittaa, vaan voita sinä paha hyvällä. |
| French | Ne te laisse pas vaincre par le mal, mais surmonte le mal par le bien. |
| German | Laß dich nicht das Böse überwinden, sondern überwinde das Böse mit Gutem. |
| Haitian Creole | Pa kite sa ki mal gen pye sou ou. Okontrè, fè sa ki byen pou n' kraze sa ki mal. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Janganlah membiarkan dirimu dikalahkan oleh yang jahat, tetapi hendaklah Saudara mengalahkan kejahatan dengan kebaikan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Janganlah engkau ditewaskan oleh kejahatan, melainkan tewaskanlah kejahatan itu dengan kebajikan. |
| Italian | Non lasciarti vincere dal male, ma vinci con il bene il male. |
| Latvian | Ïaunums nedrîkst tevi uzvarçt, bet tu uzvari ïaunumu ar labu! |
| Maori | Kei hinga koe i te kino, engari kia hinga te kino i tou pai. |
| Norwegian | La dig ikke overvinne av det onde, men overvinn det onde med det gode! |
| Portuguese | Não te deixes vencer do mal, mas vence o mal com o bem. |
| Rumanian | Nu te lqsa biruit de rqu, ci biruiewte rqul prin bine. |
| Russian | оЕ 'Х"Ш П'ЕЦ"ЕО ЪМПН, ОП П'ЕЦ"БК ЪМП "П'ТПН. |
| Shuar | Yajauch nupettamkain. Antsu pénker Túrakum yajauchia nu nupetkata. |
| Spanish | No seas vencido por el mal, sino vence el mal con el bien. |
| Swahili | Usikubali kushindwa na ubaya, bali ushinde ubaya kwa wema. |
| Swedish | Låt dig icke övervinnas av det onda, utan övervinn det onda med det goda. |
| Uma | Neo' rapehawai kehi doo to dada'a hante kehi to dada'a wo'o. Ane hewa toe, madagi lau-tamo, apa' nadagi kada'aa-tamo. Agina hiwili kehi to dada'a hante kehi to lompe', bona tadagi kada'aa hante kalompea'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: boon. | |
| Words within the letters "b-n-o-o" | |
-1 letter: boo, nob, noo. | |
-2 letters: bo, no, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-n-o-o" | |
+1 letter: aboon, bongo, boons, boron, boson. | |
+2 letters: baboon, bolson, bonbon, bongos, bonito, booing, borons, bosons, boston, bouton, bronco, doblon, dobson, gaboon, gobony, hobnob, nobody, oblong. | |
+3 letters: baboons, balloon, bassoon, bionomy, biotron, blouson, bologna, boloney, bolsons, bonbons, bongoes, bonitos, bonnock, boobing, bookend, booking, bookman, bookmen, booming, boomkin, boonies, booting, boozing, borneol, boronic, bostons, botonee, bourbon, bourdon, boutons, bowknot, bradoon, bridoon, broncho, broncos, buffoon, corncob, doblons, dobsons, eobiont, gaboons, gobonee, hobnobs, hoboing, longbow, lowborn, moonbow, niobous, nonbody, nonbook, obconic, oblongs, onboard, unbosom, woodbin. | |
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