CO
\kˈə͡ʊ], \kˈəʊ], \k_ˈəʊ]\
Definitions of CO
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis
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an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
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a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains
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one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience
By Princeton University
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a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis
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an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
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a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains
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one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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With; together See COM-. Co is often joined to purely English words; as, comate, copartner, corespondent (distinguished from correspondent).
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A form of the prefix con, and means, with; together; together with; co is used before a vowel and h, as coalesce, cohabit, and is often separated from the word by a hyphen, as co-operate, co-partner; in math., co is an abbreviation of complement, as co-latitude, co-sine, co-tangent. Note.-The prefix con assumes the various forms of co, cog, col, com, cor, according to the first letter of the second element of the compound; but, 1, con becomes com before b and p, as combustion, compel; 2, con is retained before j and v, except in comfort, as conflict, convene; 3, con is retained before t, d, q, g, and s, as content, condole, conquest, congeal, consent.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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