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KO
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Appendix:Variations of "ko"
English
Etymology
en knock out.
en kick-off.
Noun
s 's
en boxing en knock out.
en sport en kick-off the time or manner of start of play.
Verb
+!,+'
en transitive boxing To knock someone out; to render someone unconscious.
en Joe KO'd the opposing boxer.
en intransitive sports To start play.
Translations
to knock somebody out
Finnish: fi tyrmätä
Hungarian: hu kiüt, hu KO-zik
Portuguese: pt nocautear Brazil
Anagrams
en ko O. K. OK OK. Ok Ok. ok
en 2-letter abbreviations
Chinese
Etymology
From zh en KO.
Pronunciation
kei1 ou1 v
zh Mandarin?
Verb
zh verb
zh transitive informal to finish
Japanese
Etymology
ja en KO.
Noun
ケー-オー
ja boxing knockout
Verb
ケー-オー
ja boxing to knock out
Conjugation
ケー-オー
ケー-オー する
References
ja terms written in foreign scripts
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :obor en:KO + 1
Pronunciation
quê-ó,quê-ô quê-ó
Adjective
KOs
unconscious
pt Ele tomou dois shots e ficou logo KO. He drank two shots and lost his consciousness.
Noun
m #s
pt sports en KO, knockout
pt A luta acabou com um KO em poucos segundos. The fight ended with a KO in a few seconds.
Swedish
Proper noun
c KO\:s
sv Konsumentombudsmannen The Consumer Ombudsman; a sv konsumentombudsman consumer ombudsman.
sv 2023-12-08 Sara Johansson Dagens Juridik sv KO söker praxis – för bedrägeridrabbads talan mot Nordea CO seeks precedent – on behalf of fraud victims' claims against Nordea https://www.dagensjuridik.se/nyheter/ko-soker-praxis-for-bedrageridrabbads-talan-mot-nordea/ I och med den nya stämningen ska domstolen, enligt KO, pröva om banken i sin egenskap av avtalspart till den drabbade konsumenten har gjort vad som ankommer på banken för att skydda konsumentens pengar. With the new lawsuit, the court is to assess, according to the Consumer Ombudsman, whether the bank, in its capacity as a contracting party to the affected consumer, has fulfilled its obligations to protect the consumer's money. https://web.archive.org/web/20250823021602/https://www.dagensjuridik.se/nyheter/ko-soker-praxis-for-bedrageridrabbads-talan-mot-nordea/ 23 August 2025
sv 25 april 2024 Erik Söderholm Vi Bilägare DNB svarar på kritiken: ”Mycket förvånade” DNB responds to the criticism: “Very surprised” https://www.vibilagare.se/nyheter/dnb-svarar-pa-kritiken-mycket-forvanade Men DNB håller inte alls med om KO:s bedömning, uppger bankens presskontakt However, DNB does not agree at all with the Consumer Ombudsman’s assessment, according to the bank's press contact, https://web.archive.org/web/20250817133319/https://www.vibilagare.se/nyheter/dnb-svarar-pa-kritiken-mycket-forvanade 17 August 2025