How to use ko in a sentence
12 example sentences · noun
Ko means a local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape. Example: “Black gets an easy game by just filling the ko.”
Examples of ko by meaning
nounA local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape.
- Black gets an easy game by just filling the ko.
nounKo fight.
- Black wins the ko easily.
nounA stone in a ko in atari, a ko stone.
- Black recaptures the ko and white has to find another ko threat.
More sentences with ko
- The first syllable, ko, can mean "to take turns;" the second syllable, ban, means "watchperson" or "guard."1988 February 16, Katherine Bishop, “Latest Japanese Import Goes on Patrol”, in The New York Times. From the entry watchperson
- Authentic kakro ko achar uses mustard oil, which has wonderful preservative qualities and flavor but is hard to find.2017, Kirsten K. Shockey, Christopher Shockey, Fiery Ferments, →ISBN. From the entry kakro
- Ejecting and replacing the magazine from her chu–ko–nu, she grimly fastened the ribbon holding the gruesome trophy to her belt.2016, Felix Long, To Conquer Heaven, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 364. From the entry chu-ko-nu
- Ko had made “mistakes out of his overenthusiasm in training.”2008 March 11, Choe Sang-Hun, “Woman Replaces Colleague for South Korea’s First Space Mission”, in New York Times. From the entry overenthusiasm
- But also “the suffix of Celtic origin - together with Roman gentilitials - -āko (and -ago as Romance derivative).”2003, Claudio Beretta, The Names of Rivers, Mounts, Sites: Prehistoric linguistic Structures, Ulrico Hoepli Editore S.p.A., →ISBN, page 112. From the entry gentilitial
- KO2 ruins every other football game you'll ever play; I never got good at SWOS - the controls were all wrong.1997, Mark Howson, “Kick Off 2: Best Amiga Game Of all time!”, in comp.sys.amiga.games (Usenet). From the entry aftertouch
- Importantly, markers of early pancreatogenesis (HNF4a, PROX1, FOXA2, PDX1) decreased between days 17 to 26 in both WT and ARX ko cells.2015 December 4, “The Role of ARX in Human Pancreatic Endocrine Specification”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry pancreatogenesis
- The brazen-faced, the man with ko ga muchi (a thick-skinned face) can 'do well' if he can count on the embarrassability of others.2014, Oliver Leaman, Friendship East and West: Philosophical Perspectives, page 99. From the entry embarrassability
- Mbi is also used as a dehortative instead of the negative re: ko mbi tegi ― don't cry ( for ko tegi re); ko mbi la — don't do it.2014, Sidney Herbert Ray, A Comparative Study of the Melanesian Island Languages, page 252. From the entry dehortative
Meaning of ko
- noun A local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape.
- noun Ko fight.
- noun A stone in a ko in atari, a ko stone.
Questions about ko in a sentence
- How do you use ko in a sentence?
- Ko is used as a noun. For example: “Black gets an easy game by just filling the ko.”
- What is a short sentence with ko?
- “Black wins the ko easily.”
- What does ko mean?
- Ko means a local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape.
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