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Cos
//kɑs// conj, det, name, noun, slang
Definitions
Conjunction
- 1 Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”). Ireland, South-Africa, UK, alt-of, informal
"Taking the shortcut through the alleyway by the Jobcentre Plus, just cos I can, we arrive at my flat within minutes."
Determiner
- 1 Belonging to co. Gender-neutral possessive determiner, grammatically equivalent to the gendered his and her and the singular their. nonstandard
"Psychiatrists are trained to try to impose the responsibility for a patient’s problem on the patient coself, rather than on cos environment."
Proper Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of Kos, an island of the Aegean, Greece. alt-of, alternative
- 2 Initialism of Chamber of Secrets. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
- 1 Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce. UK
- 2 Alternative form of coz, cousin. alt-of, alternative, informal
- 3 plural of co form-of, plural
- 4 Alternative form of coss, a traditional Nepali unit of distance. alt-of, alternative
"The stages and distances are as follows:—Hitounda to Bhainsa Dobháng, 3½ cos; to Bhimphédy, 4 cos; to Tambakhâni, 3 cos; to Chitlong, 3 cos; to Thankot, 3 cos; to Káthmándú, 3 cos—Total, 19½ cos."
- 5 lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head wordnet
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- 6 ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
Clipping of cos lettuce, variously derived from the Greek island of Kos and from Arabic خس (ḵass, “lettuce”).
Etymology 2
Clipping of cousin.
Etymology 3
From co + -s.
Etymology 4
From co + -s.
Etymology 5
From Latin Cos, from Ancient Greek Κῶς (Kôs).
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