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'cos

'cos is the informal spelling of 'cause.

Meaning of 'cause

Conjunction

'cause

  1. (colloquial) Apheretic form of because.
    • I'me forc'd to love thee now,
      'Cause thou provid'st so carefully for my honor1622 (first performance), Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, The Changeling: […], London: […] [Thomas Newcombe] for Humphrey Moseley, […], published 1653, →OCLC, Act V, signature H2, verso

Forms of 'cos

Conjunction
alternative formcos
alternative formcoz
Adverb
comparativemore 'cos
superlativemost 'cos

Questions about 'cos

What is 'cos the informal spelling of?
'cos is the informal spelling of 'cause.

Words near 'cos in the dictionary

  1. 'clare
  2. 'coon
  3. 'coons
  4. 'copter
  5. 'copters
  6. 'cos
  7. 'course
  8. 'couta
  9. 'coutas
  10. 'coz
  11. 'crat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 'cos (page history and authors); 'cause (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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