Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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conj
Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, South-Africa, UK, alt-of, informal
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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Synonyms: none provided
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det
Belonging to co. Gender-neutral possessive determiner, grammatically equivalent to the gendered his and her and the singular their.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
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Synonyms: none provided
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name
Alternative spelling of Kos, an island of the Aegean, Greece.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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name
Initialism of Chamber of Secrets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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Synonyms: romaine lettuce
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Alternative form of coz, cousin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, informal
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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noun
plural of co
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Alternative form of coss, a traditional Nepali unit of distance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cos lettuce, romaine, romaine lettuce
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lettuce
noun
ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cosine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trigonometric function, circular function
History
Etymology tree English companyclip. English co English -s English cos From co + -s.
From Latin Cos, from Ancient Greek Κῶς (Kôs).
Clipping of cos lettuce, variously derived from the Greek island of Kos and from Arabic خس (ḵass, “lettuce”).
Clipping of cousin.
