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ko

/ˈkəʊ/

ko noun: a local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape.

Noun (1)

ko (plural ko)

  1. (go) A local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape.
    • Black gets an easy game by just filling the ko.
  2. (go) ko fight
    • Black wins the ko easily.
  3. (go) a stone in a ko in atari, a ko stone
    • Black recaptures the ko and white has to find another ko threat.

Noun (2) capitalized: KO

KO (plural KOs or KO's)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of knock out.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of kick-off (“the time or manner of start of play”).

Verb capitalized: KO

KO (third-person singular simple present KOs or KO's, present participle KOing or KO'ing, simple past and past participle KOed or KO'd or KO'ed)

  1. (transitive) To knock someone out; to render someone unconscious.
    • Joe KO'd the opposing boxer.
  2. (intransitive) To start play.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Ko

Ko

  1. Synonym of Fungor (“language of Sudan”).
    Synonyms:
    Fungor

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Ko

Ko (plural Kos)

  1. A surname from Mandarin.
  2. A surname from Cantonese.
  3. A surname from Korean.

ko meaning in Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada

ko in Telugu

కొ

ko in Malayalam

കൊ

ko in Kannada

ಕೊ

Examples of ko in a sentence

  • The first syllable, ko, can mean "to take turns;" the second syllable, ban, means "watchperson" or "guard."
  • Authentic kakro ko achar uses mustard oil, which has wonderful preservative qualities and flavor but is hard to find.
  • Ejecting and replacing the magazine from her chu–ko–nu, she grimly fastened the ribbon holding the gruesome trophy to her belt.

All 12 example sentences with ko

Synonyms of ko

Forms of ko

Noun
pluralko
pluralKOs
pluralKO's
Verb
third-person singular presentKOs
third-person singular presentKO's
present participleKOing
present participleKO'ing
past participleKOed
pastKOed
past participleKO'd
pastKO'd
past participleKO'ed
pastKO'ed
Proper noun
pluralKos

Plural of ko: ko

Origin of ko

Borrowed from Japanese 劫 (kō).

Initialism of knock out. Initialism of kick-off.

From Mandarin 柯 (Kʻo¹), 葛 (Ko²), Cantonese 高 (gou1), Korean 고(高) (Go), etc.

Words formed from ko

  • hanami ko
  • ko fight
  • ko threat
  • ten thousand year ko

Phrases with ko

Words that rhyme with ko

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Questions about ko

What does ko mean?
Ko means a local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape.
What is ko in Telugu?
Ko in Telugu is కొ. See Ko meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is ko?
Ko can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ko?
Ko is pronounced /ˈkəʊ/.
What is the plural of ko?
The plural of ko is ko.

Words near ko in the dictionary

  1. Knysna boxwood
  2. knysna seahorse
  3. knysna seahorses
  4. knyves
  5. Knyvett
  6. ko
  7. Ko Samui
  8. KO'd
  9. KO'ing
  10. KO's
  11. Ko-chiu

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ko (page history and authors); KO (page history and authors); Ko (page history and authors); ko (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ko (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ko (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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