English Explanatory Dictionary

CO

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Abbreviation of Colorado: a state of the United States.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of county.
  2. Initialism of commanding officer.
  3. Initialism of commissioned officer.
  4. Initialism of corrections officer.
  5. Initialism of correctional officer.
  6. Initialism of conscientious objector.
  7. Initialism of clothing optional.
  8. Initialism of common-offset method.
  9. Abbreviation of cutoff.
verb
  1. Abbreviation of cast on.
noun
  1. Clipping of company.
pron
  1. Gender-neutral subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
  2. Gender-neutral object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of company, alternative form of Co..
  2. Abbreviation of county, alternative form of Co..
  3. Abbreviation of cotton.

Pronunciation

kō /kəʊ/ /koʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-co.wav

Word forms

CO cos co. coself

Etymology

Coined by feminist writer Mary Orovan in 1970; in common usage in intentional communities of the Federation of Egalitarian Communities.

Related words

CO detector co-wash

Derived words

newco yield co cos coself
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