English Explanatory Dictionary

OS

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Initialism of Owen Sound.
  2. The Ordnance Survey, official mapping agency in Great Britain (see also the noun below).
  3. Initialism of Old Saxon.
adj
  1. Initialism of outsize, clothes for large people.
  2. Initialism of oversize.
  3. Initialism of Old Style, a term used in English language historical studies to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian calendar instead of the modern Gregorian calendar.
  4. Abbreviation of offscreen, indicating a line of dialogue is spoken by someone not visible onscreen.
  5. Initialism of over shoulder.
adv
  1. Initialism of overseas.
noun
  1. An Ordnance Survey map.
  2. Initialism of operating system.
  3. Initialism of ordinary seaman.
  4. Initialism of oppidan scholar.
noun
  1. Synonym of bone.
noun
  1. An opening or entrance to a passage, particularly one at either end of the cervix, internal (to the uterus) or external (to the vagina).
noun
  1. An osar or esker.
noun
  1. Alternative form of o's.
noun
  1. plural of O

Pronunciation

/ˌoʊ ˈɛs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-OS.wav /ɒs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-os.wav /ɑs/ /əʊz/ /oʊz/

Word forms

OS OSes OSs ossa ora osar

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin os (“a bone”).

Synonyms

bone orifice

Related words

OS diaper OS nappy

Derived words

AROS iOS iPadOS JeOS macOS OS/2 OS X RTOS tvOS watchOS webOS os capitatum os clitoridis os clitoris os cordis os coxae os cuneiforme os innominatum os magnum os paracuneiforme os penis os trapezoideum os trochleare calcanei
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