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kos

kos is the alternative spelling of coss.

Meaning of coss

Noun

coss (plural cosses or coss)

  1. (British, India, South-Asia) A measure of distance, varying from one and a quarter to two and a half English miles.
    • […] the distances (computed by marching-time as well as by reference to the Népálese kós of 2⅓ miles each) […]1857, Brian Houghton Hodgson, Selections from the Records of the Government of Bengal, No. XXVII: Papers Relative to the Colonization, Commerce, Physical Geography, &c., &c., of the Himalaya...

Noun (1) capitalized: KOS

KOS

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of key operated switch.
  2. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of key-operated selector.
  3. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of Knackered Old Shit.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of knowledge organization system.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of knowledge organization structure.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of kernel operating system.

Verb (1) capitalized: KOS

KOS

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of kill on sight: used in addition to a target player's username to alert teammates of a suspicious player that should be killed when seen.

Phrase capitalized: KOS

KOS

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of keep on smiling.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: KOS

KOS

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Kohler Operating System.

Noun (2) capitalized: KOs

KOs

  1. (plural) plural of KO

Verb (2) capitalized: KOs

KOs

  1. (indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of KO

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Kos

Kos

  1. An island of the Dodecanese, Greece.

Forms of kos

Noun
pluralkoses
pluralkos
Proper noun
alternative formCos

Origin of kos

From Ancient Greek Κῶς (Kôs) and modern Greek Κως (Kos).

Words formed from kos

  • KOS principle

Phrases with kos

Questions about kos

What does kos mean?
Kos means an island of the Dodecanese, Greece.
What is kos the alternative spelling of?
Kos is the alternative spelling of coss.
What part of speech is kos?
Kos can be a noun, a verb, a phrase or a proper noun.
What is the plural of kos?
The plural of kos is koses.

Words near kos in the dictionary

  1. Korzens
  2. korzhinskite
  3. Korzybskian
  4. Korçë
  5. Korčula
  6. kos
  7. Kos.
  8. KOSA
  9. Kosak
  10. Kosaka
  11. Kosakas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kos (page history and authors); KOS (page history and authors); KOs (page history and authors); Kos (page history and authors); coss (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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