Cos

Quick meaning: Cos is a noun meaning (UK, Ireland, South Africa, African-American Vernacular) Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”).

Meaning

(UK, Ireland, South Africa, African-American Vernacular) Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”).

More Meanings

1. (informal, African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of coz, cousin.
2. plural of co
3. (nonstandard) Belonging to co. Gender-neutral possessive determiner, grammatically equivalent to the gendered his and her and the singular their.
4. Alternative form of coss, a traditional Nepali unit of distance.
5. (chiefly UK) Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce.

Example Sentences

Taking the shortcut through the alleyway by the Jobcentre Plus, just cos I can, we arrive at my flat within minutes.

Psychiatrists are trained to try to impose the responsibility for a patient’s problem on the patient coself, rather than on cos environment.

Co absents coself from the Community for more than three weeks beyond the point of having made satisfactory arrangements with the Community with regard to cos absence.

WHEREAS a child’s sexuality is just as much a part of cos whole person from birth as the blood that flows in cos veins, making cos sexual rights inherent and inalienable […]

Word Forms

• coses
• cosses
• co's

Synonyms for cos

Depending on context, synonyms include romaine.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include romaine, lettuce, cem, cod, firms, dec.

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