"co" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cos [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} co (plural cos)
  1. (colloquial) Clipping of company. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial Alternative form of: company Categories (topical): Gender Synonyms: co., Co, Co. Derived forms: yield co, Abbreviation of company and related forms of that word (alt: stenoscript)
    Sense id: en-co-en-noun-E-Q3DtzB Disambiguation of Gender: 16 42 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pronouns, English third person pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 43 42 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 38 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 38 32 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 18 41 41 Disambiguation of English third person pronouns: 14 44 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: /koʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-co.wav [Southern-England] Forms: coself [reflexive]
enPR: kō Rhymes: -oʊ Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|third-person singular, gender-neutral||reflexive|coself|||||||||||||||head=}} co (third-person singular, gender-neutral, reflexive coself), {{en-pron|reflexive|coself|desc=third-person singular, gender-neutral}} co (third-person singular, gender-neutral, reflexive coself)
  1. (nonstandard) they (singular). Gender-neutral subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she. Tags: gender-neutral, nonstandard, singular, third-person Categories (topical): Gender Hyponyms (as subject): he, she
    Sense id: en-co-en-pron-~WxUMZi1 Disambiguation of Gender: 16 42 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pronouns, English third person pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 43 42 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 38 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 38 32 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 18 41 41 Disambiguation of English third person pronouns: 14 44 42 Disambiguation of 'as subject': 74 26
  2. (nonstandard) them (singular). Gender-neutral object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her. Tags: gender-neutral, nonstandard, singular, third-person Categories (topical): Gender Hyponyms (as object): him, her
    Sense id: en-co-en-pron-BBm4GYVL Disambiguation of Gender: 16 42 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pronouns, English third person pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 43 42 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 38 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 38 32 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 18 41 41 Disambiguation of English third person pronouns: 14 44 42 Disambiguation of 'as object': 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cos, coself Related terms: other attested gender-neutral pronouns
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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