"COD" meaning in English

See COD in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: En-us-COD.oga [General-American] Forms: CoD [alternative], C.O.D. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} COD
  1. Acronym of Concise Oxford Dictionary. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: Concise Oxford Dictionary
    Sense id: en-COD-en-name-PpX2mn-5 Categories (other): Books, Post Disambiguation of Books: 20 20 20 2 9 24 2 4 Disambiguation of Post: 18 28 8 33 1 11 0 1
  2. (video games) Acronym of Call of Duty. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: Call of Duty
    Sense id: en-COD-en-name-NHTNOZaf Categories (other): Video games, Books, Post Disambiguation of Books: 20 20 20 2 9 24 2 4 Disambiguation of Post: 18 28 8 33 1 11 0 1 Topics: video-games

Noun

Audio: En-us-COD.oga [General-American] Forms: CODs [plural], CoD [alternative], C.O.D. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} COD (countable and uncountable, plural CODs)
  1. (uncountable) Initialism of cash on delivery or collect on delivery. Wikidata QID: Q1365416 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: cash on delivery or collect on delivery
    Sense id: en-COD-en-noun-en:Q1365416 Categories (other): Books Disambiguation of Books: 20 20 20 2 9 24 2 4
  2. (countable) Initialism of cause of death. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: cause of death
    Sense id: en-COD-en-noun-lIAPYZl~ Categories (other): Death, Post Disambiguation of Death: 10 15 4 64 1 6 0 0 Disambiguation of Post: 18 28 8 33 1 11 0 1
  3. Initialism of cerebro-ocular dysgenesis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: cerebro-ocular dysgenesis
    Sense id: en-COD-en-noun-j5JCLEig
  4. Initialism of celebrity obsession disorder. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: celebrity obsession disorder
    Sense id: en-COD-en-noun-xdIoY5P5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Books, Post Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 16 24 1 11 30 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 18 20 20 1 11 28 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 18 21 1 11 31 1 1 Disambiguation of Books: 20 20 20 2 9 24 2 4 Disambiguation of Post: 18 28 8 33 1 11 0 1
  5. Initialism of code of discipline. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: code of discipline
    Sense id: en-COD-en-noun-CBWdnrXs
  6. Initialism of committee on discipline. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: committee on discipline
    Sense id: en-COD-en-noun-ua62nVtd

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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