sos

SOS

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [soh]
- /soʊ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [soh]
- /soʊ/

Definitions of sos word

abbreviation SOS sol1 . 1
verb without object sos to send an SOS. 1
expression sos used to call for help 1
noun sos distress call or signal 1
noun sos request for help 1
noun Definition of sos in Technology 1. Scheme Object System. 2. An infamously losing text editor. Once, back in the 1960s, when a text editor was needed for the PDP-6, a hacker crufted together a quick-and-dirty "stopgap editor" to be used until a better one was written. Unfortunately, the old one was never really discarded when new ones (in particular, TECO) came along. SOS is a descendant ("Son of Stopgap") of that editor, and many PDP-10 users gained the dubious pleasure of its acquaintance. Since then other programs similar in style to SOS have been written, notably the early font editor BILOS /bye'lohs/, the Brother-In-Law Of Stopgap (the alternate expansion "Bastard Issue, Loins of Stopgap" has been proposed). 3. The PDP-10 instruction to decrease a value. Oppose AOS. 1

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Origin of sos

First appearance:

before 1905

One of the 15% newest English words

1905-10, from the Morse code alphabet, in which three dots (or short clicks) represents the letter S and three dashes (or long clicks) represents the letter O

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Parts of speech for Sos

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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sos popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

sos usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for sos

noun sos

alarm — Alarm is a feeling of fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
alert — If you are alert, you are paying full attention to things around you and are able to deal with anything that might happen.
bleep — A bleep is a short, high-pitched sound, usually one of a series, that is made by an electrical device.
blinker — a flashing light for sending messages, as a warning device, etc, such as a direction indicator on a road vehicle
blinkers — If you describe someone as wearing blinkers, you think that they have a narrow point of view and are not taking other people's opinions into account.

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