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SOS
1- the letters represented by the radio telegraphic signal (· · · – – – · · ·) used, especially by ships in distress, as an internationally recognized call for help.
noun
- any call for help:
We sent out an SOS for more typists.
verb (used without object)
- to send an SOS.
SOS
2abbreviation for
Slang.
- shit on a shingle (a euphemistic initialism used to avoid explicit vulgarity).
s.o.s.
3abbreviation for
- (in prescriptions) if necessary.
SOS
noun
- an internationally recognized distress signal in which the letters SOS are repeatedly spelt out, as by radio-telegraphy: used esp by ships and aircraft
- a message broadcast in an emergency for people otherwise unobtainable
- informal.a call for help
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of SOS1
First recorded in 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
Origin of SOS2
From Latin sī opus sit
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of SOS1
C20: letters chosen as the simplest to transmit and receive in Morse code; by folk etymology taken to be an abbreviation for save our souls
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Cyprus responded to the SOS signal by dispatching a vessel, the charity said, but that it was not "providing the critical electrical support needed".
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It was her who sent out the SOS for the Newquay lynx.
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"I have cleared my chats across messaging apps, and I have learned how to quickly lock my phone in SOS mode," he said.
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We scrambled for help, making calls, sending SOS messages, hoping someone might have a lead.
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They said Zaman went into "about three" schools, sometimes alone, as part of the charity's SOS project in Yorkshire.
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