cos

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/kɑs/

noun 3name 2conj 1det 1

Collocations

ADJ.

inherent, sexual, whole

There's an inherent cos to everything you buy when you factor in the shipping fees.

VERB + COS

flows, making, part, regard, total

I didn't go to the party cos I was making dinner for my family.

COS + NOUN

absence, bhimph, chitlong, dy, environment, k, ni, person

I didn't go to the party cos I had to work late that evening.

PREP.

from, in, on, than, with

I didn't go to the party cos I was feeling ill that evening.

ADV.

rather

I didn't go to the party last night cos I was rather tired from work.

Definitions

noun

Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce.

conj

Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”).

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

noun

Alternative form of coz, cousin.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elon

romaine

noun — ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angl

cosine

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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

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

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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 […]

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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.

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The stages and distances are as follows:—Hitounda to Bhainsa Dobháng, 3½ cos; to Bhimphédy, 4 cos; to Tambakhâni, 3 cos; to Chitlong, 3 cos; to Thankot, 3 cos; to Káthmándú, 3 cos—Total, 19½ cos.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, cos is marked as informal, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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