care of carried over
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CO,
an abbreviation of:
co-, prefix.
Co. or co., an abbreviation of:
C/o or c/o, an abbreviation of:
c.o., an abbreviation of:
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Place NamesColorado.
- MilitaryCommanding Officer.
- conscientious objector.
co-, prefix.
- co- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "joint, jointly, together.'' This meaning is found in such words as: costar, coworker.
- A similar meaning for this prefix is "auxiliary, helping.'' This meaning is found in such words as: copilot.
Co. or co., an abbreviation of:
- Company.
- County.
C/o or c/o, an abbreviation of:
- care of.
c.o., an abbreviation of:
- care of.
- carried over.
CO,
co-,
Co.,
- Colorado (approved esp. for use with zip code).
- MilitaryCommanding Officer.
- conscientious objector.
- Chemistrycobalt.
co-,
- var. 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).
Co.,
- Company.
- County.
- Businesscash order.
- certificate of origin.
- care of.
- Business[Bookkeeping.]carried over.
- care of.
- Business[Bookkeeping.]carried over.
- Businesscash order.
- Businesscash order.
- Military, Commanding Officer.
- conscientious objector.
- correction officer.
- care of.
- carried over.
'c/o' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-oate
- CO
- N.C.O.
- bisnaga
- care
- cash on delivery
- cod
- collect on delivery
- congee
- core
- cos
- count
- countess
- couple
- curch
- customable
- diketone
- epidemiology
- oc-
- orc