KO
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ko"
English
Etymology
Initialism of knock out. Initialism of kick-off.
Noun
- (boxing) Abbreviation of knock out.
- (sports) Abbreviation of kick-off. - the time or manner of start of play
Verb
KO (third-person singular simple present KOs or KO's, present participle KOing or KO'ing, simple past and past participle KOed or KO'd)
- (transitive, boxing) To knock someone out, to render someone unconscious.
- Joe KO'd the opposing boxer.
- (intransitive, sports) To start play.
Translations
to knock somebody out
Anagrams
Chinese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kei1 ou1
- Yale: kēi ōu
- Cantonese Pinyin: kei1 ou1
- Guangdong Romanization: kéi1 ou1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰei̯⁵⁵ ou̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
KO
- (transitive, informal) to finish
Japanese
Etymology
Noun
Verb
KOする • (kē-ō suru) suru (stem KOし (kē-ō shi), past KOした (kē-ō shita))
Conjugation
Conjugation of "KOする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | KOし | ケーオーし | kē-ō shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | KOし | ケーオーし | kē-ō shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | KOする | ケーオーする | kē-ō suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | KOする | ケーオーする | kē-ō suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | KOすれ | ケーオーすれ | kē-ō sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | KOせよ¹ KOしろ² |
ケーオーせよ¹ ケーオーしろ² |
kē-ō seyo¹ kē-ō shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | KOされる | ケーオーされる | kē-ō sareru | |
| Causative | KOさせる KOさす |
ケーオーさせる ケーオーさす |
kē-ō saseru kē-ō sasu | |
| Potential | KOできる | ケーオーできる | kē-ō dekiru | |
| Volitional | KOしよう | ケーオーしよう | kē-ō shiyō | |
| Negative | KOしない | ケーオーしない | kē-ō shinai | |
| Negative continuative | KOせず | ケーオーせず | kē-ō sezu | |
| Formal | KOします | ケーオーします | kē-ō shimasu | |
| Perfective | KOした | ケーオーした | kē-ō shita | |
| Conjunctive | KOして | ケーオーして | kē-ō shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | KOすれば | ケーオーすれば | kē-ō sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
- “KO”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- “KO” in Weblio Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from English KO
Pronunciation
Adjective
KO m or f (plural KOs)
- unconscious
- Ele tomou dois shots e ficou logo KO. ― He drank two shots and lost his consciousness.
Noun
KO m (plural KOs)