Definition/Meaning of cos
- English - Noun: cos (plural coses) (UK) Synonym of romaine lettuce , a long-leaved variety of lettuce. cos (plural cosses) (alternative, informal) Alternative form of coz , cousin . cos (plural) plural of co cos (plural coses or cos) (alternative) Alternative form of coss , a traditional Nepali unit of distance . 1857, Brian Houghton Hodgson, Selections from the Records of the Government of Bengal, No. XXVII:…
- English - Conjunction: cos (Ireland, South Africa, UK, informal) Informal spelling of 'cause (“ because ”). 2021, Isabel Waidner, Sterling Karat Gold, Peninsula Press, page 161: Taking the shortcut through the alleyway by the Jobcentre Plus, just cos I can, we arrive at my flat within minutes.
- English - Determiner: cos (nonstandard) Belonging to co . Gender-neutral possessive determiner, grammatically equivalent to the gendered his and her and the singular their . 1973, Michael Glenn, Richard Kunnes, Repression or Revolution?: Therapy in the United States Today, Harper Colophon Books, →ISBN, page 53: Psychiatrists are trained to try to impose the responsibility for a patient’s problem on the patient cos…
- English - See also: Wikipedia article on Cos Wikipedia article on cosine
- English - Anagrams: CSO , OCS , SCO , soc , soc ., SOC