Co

¹

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. cobalt.

CO

²

abbreviation for

1. Colorado (approved especially for use with zip code).
2. commanding officer.
3. conscientious objector.

Co.

³

or co.

abbreviation for

1. Company.
2. County.

c/o

⁴

1. care of.
2. Bookkeeping. carried over.
3. cash order.

C/o

⁵

1. care of.
2. Bookkeeping. carried over.

C/O

⁶

1. cash order.
2. certificate of origin.

co-

⁷

1. variant of com- before a vowel, h, and gn: coadjutor; cohabit; cognate . The prefix co- now productively forms new words from bases beginning with any sound ( co-conspirator; co-manage; coseismic ), sometimes with the derived sense “auxiliary, subsidiary” ( coenzyme; copilot ), and, in mathematics and astronomy, with the sense “complement” ( codeclination ).

c.o.

⁸

abbreviation for

1. care of.
2. carried over.

C.O.

⁹

abbreviation for

1. cash order.
2. Commanding Officer.
3. conscientious objector.
4. correction officer.

Co

¹

abbreviation for

1. County

Co

²

the chemical symbol for

1. cobalt

co-

³

prefix

1. together; joint or jointly; mutual or mutually

   coproduction

2. indicating partnership or equality

   copilot

   cofounder

3. to the same or a similar degree

   coextend

4. (in mathematics and astronomy) of the complement of an angle

   cosecant

   codeclination

Co

⁴

abbreviation for

1. esp in names of business organizations Company
2. and co informal.
   and the rest of them

   Harold and co

c/o

⁵

abbreviation for

1. care of
2. accounting carried over

CO

⁶

abbreviation for

1. Commanding Officer
2. Commonwealth Office
3. conscientious objector
4. Colorado
5. Colombia (international car registration)

co

⁷

the internet domain name for

1. a commercial company (used with a country domain name)
2. Colombia

Word History and Origins

Origin of Co¹

from Latin, reduced form of com-

Example Sentences

You may end up buying your vases at a thrift store or online, but wholesale accessory stores like Moskatels at the Original Los Angeles Flower Market and GM Floral Co., which covers the second floor of the Southern California Flower Market as well as a much smaller space at the original market, can provide inspiration too.

From Los Angeles Times

To date, the film has played in about 1% of all U.S. theaters and represents just 0.1% to 0.2% of all total show times for every movie in this time span, said Daniel Loria, senior vice president of box office business intelligence at the Boxoffice Co.

From Los Angeles Times

“That was made possible through a viable and thriving ecosystem and, within our society, a trade system with other nations,” says Jesse Stoeppler, deputy chief of the Hagwilget First Nation and co–executive director of the Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition who was not involved with the research.

From Science Magazine

Also, the bundle is making a minor comeback in streaming, thanks to a deal between rivals Walt Disney Co. and Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times

And on Sunday afternoon, instead of receiving the good news that Johnson and Co. might have expected, the luck of the draw left Sparks representative Rickea Jackson gasping in disbelief instead of cheering in glee.

From Los Angeles Times

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