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ks

ks is the plural of k.

Meaning of k

Noun

k (plural ks or k's)

  1. A kilobyte (more formally KB or kB).
  2. A kilobit (more formally kb), especially in measuring Internet connection.
  3. (colloquial) kilometre or kilometres.
    • We drove 15 ks before we realised Billy wasn't in the back seat.
  4. (colloquial) thousand or thousands.
    • Just about 65 k of Jack's full salary comes from servicing the Baker account.
  5. The SI measurement value of 1,000

See all 13 meanings of k

Verb capitalized: KS

KS (third-person singular simple present KSs, present participle KSing, simple past and past participle KSed)

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of kill steal.

Proper noun capitalized: KS

KS

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Kansas: a state of the United States.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of South Kalimantan: a province of Indonesia.

Noun (1) capitalized: KS

KS

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Kaposi's sarcoma.
    • Tom Shaheen has AIDS. He has shortness of breath, very little energy much of the time, and KS lesions that are sometimes embarrassing marks and sometimes weapons.1991 May 4, Walta Borawksi, “A Sort of Homecoming”, in Gay Community News, page 7
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Keutel syndrome.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Kallmann syndrome.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Klinefelter syndrome.
  5. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of kill steal.
  6. (UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of key stage.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of knowledge sharing.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of King's Scholar.

Noun (2) capitalized: Ks

Ks

  1. (plural) plural of K

Forms of ks

third-person singular presentKSs
present participleKSing
past participleKSed
pastKSed

Words formed from ks

Phrases with ks

Questions about ks

What is ks the plural of?
Ks is the plural of k.
What part of speech is ks?
Ks can be a verb, a proper noun or a noun.
What is the past tense of ks?
The past tense of ks is KSed.

Words near ks in the dictionary

  1. Krøderen
  2. Krødsherad
  3. Krüger flap
  4. Krüger flaps
  5. Kršan
  6. ks
  7. KS theorem
  8. Ks.
  9. KSA
  10. ksar
  11. Ksar el-Kebir

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ks (page history and authors); KS (page history and authors); Ks (page history and authors); k (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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