co

«co» in Mova's school dictionary: Co — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

abbreviation (Co.); prefix (co-)

meaning for a pupil

1) Co. is short for «company», often in business names, like «Smith & Co.». tree →

2) Co. is short for «county» in Ireland, as in «Co. Cork». tree →

3) Co- at the start of a word means together or jointly, as in co-pilot, co-worker, cooperate. tree →

4) c/o (care of) on letters means «at the address of». tree →

5) CO is the chemical formula for carbon monoxide, a dangerous gas. tree →

sense in the lessons

It is a fragment, not a full word. On shop signs «& Co.» means «and partners». In Ireland, «Co. Kerry» is a county. In science, CO (carbon monoxide) is a poisonous gas with no smell; homes have CO alarms for safety. Phrases: and Co., Co. Dublin, co-pilot, co-author.

examples

• The bakery is called Jones & Co. tree →
• My granny lives in Co. Galway in Ireland. tree →
• The co-pilot helps fly the plane. tree →
• The book has two co-authors. tree →
• We have a CO alarm in the kitchen to warn us of carbon monoxide. tree →
• Send the letter c/o Mrs Brown. tree →
• Longman & Co. to be published. tree →

note

An abbreviation and a prefix, not a word on its own. «Co.» (company or county) has a full stop in UK style. CO in capitals is carbon monoxide; «Co» with a small o is the element cobalt. «Co-» can be written with or without a hyphen (co-operate, cooperate).

In the corpora

• «Ancient», «conscience» and «conscious» spell a /sh/ sound with ci or sci.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «co» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.