Usually means: Path, principle governing the universe.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word Tao:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. tao: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Tao, Tao: Merriam-Webster
  3. Tao: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Tao: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Tao: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Tao: Vocabulary.com
  7. Tao, Tao, tao, tao: Wordnik
  8. TAO, Tao, tao: Wiktionary
  9. Tao: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Tao: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. tao: Dictionary.com
  12. T.A.O (EP), TAO (e-Testing platform), TAO (software), TAO, Tao (album), Tao (disambiguation), Tao (entertainer), Tao (historical region), Tao (musical troupe), Tao (rapper), Tao (singer), Tao (song), Tao (spear), Tao (surname), Tao: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Tao: Rhymezone
  14. TAO: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  15. tao: FreeDictionary.org
  16. tao: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. Tao: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. TAO: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  3. tao: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. TAO: Medical dictionary
  3. Tao: Dictionary of Metaphysical Healthcare

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. TAO: Acronym Finder
  3. TAO: Three Letter Words with definitions
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Buddhism Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tao: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  2. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See taos as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (TAO)

noun:  (by extension) The art or skill of doing something in harmony with the essential nature of the thing.
noun:  (historical, obsolete) Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.
noun:  (Chinese philosophy) In Taoism, The Way, specifically the transcendental basis of nature and, and/or the ideal way to live one's life.
noun:  A unisex given name from Mandarin.
noun:  A surname from Mandarin.
noun:  an Austronesian ethnic group native to Orchid Island (Lanyu) of Lanyu, Taitung County, Taiwan
noun:  (historical) a historical region of Georgia (country)
noun:  (Chinese philosophy and religion) Alternative letter-case form of Tao: the way of nature or way to live one's life. [(Chinese philosophy) In Taoism, The Way, specifically the transcendental basis of nature and, and/or the ideal way to live one's life.]
noun:  Alternative form of tao (“art or skill in harmony with essential nature”) [(by extension) The art or skill of doing something in harmony with the essential nature of the thing.]
noun:  (medicine) Initialism of thyroid-associated orbitopathy.

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