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os

os
O o

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [os]
    • /ɒs/
    • /əʊz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [os]
    • /ɒs/

Definitions of os word

  • noun plural os Anatomy, Zoology. a bone. 1
  • noun plural os Anatomy, Zoology. a mouth or orifice of the body. 1
  • noun plural os Geology. an esker, especially when of great length. 1
  • noun plural os the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel. 1
  • noun plural os any spoken sound represented by the letter O or o, as in box, note, short, or love . 1
  • noun plural os something having the shape of an O . 1

Information block about the term

Origin of os

First appearance:

before 1540
One of the 30% oldest English words
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1540-50

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Os

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

os popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

os usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for os

noun os

  • disk operating system — DOS.
  • dos — any of several single-user, command-driven operating systems for personal computers, especially MS DOS.
  • doss — any of several single-user, command-driven operating systems for personal computers, especially MS DOS.
  • ms-dos — Microsoft Disk Operating System

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