pos
/pɔz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative spelling of poz (“HIV positive”).
adj
Clipping of possessive.
noun
plural of po
Example Sentences
- "I'm not absolutely pos on that, sir."
- "Eight POSs are defined in traditional English grammar: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, and interjection."
- "To include part-of-speech (POS) information, the corpus was tagged using the CLAWS tagger."
- "Unlimited technology from the whole universe, and we cruise 'round in a Ford P.O.S."
- "Everything you lost was because you are a P.O.S,^([sic]) […]"
- "I told him he is a POS for saying that to me (what a terrible thing to say to my husband! I am just as guilty sometimes for saying hurtful things), and how dare he try and hurt me in such a cruel way, telling me he hates me and wishing he could tell me he was unfaithful!"
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɔz/
- British English: /pɒz/
Usage
- British usage
- Slang
- Countable
- Uncountable
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
PoS
P.O.S.