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# kilo

«kilo» in Mova's school dictionary: **short for a kilogram, a unit of mass equal to a thousand…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a kilo, kilos); prefix (kilo-)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A kilo is short for a kilogram, a unit of mass equal to a thousand grams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kilo/#m1)

2) The prefix kilo- means a thousand, as in kilometre and kilowatt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kilo/#m2)

3) (informal) Sometimes short for kilometre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kilo/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used every day in shops, cooking and maths. Phrases: «a kilo of apples», «per kilo», «price per kilo». In maths, convert between grams and kilos.

### examples

- Mum bought a kilo of potatoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kilo/#x1)
- Apples cost two pounds a kilo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kilo/#x2)
- A kilo is a thousand grams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kilo/#x3)
- The baby weighs four kilos. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kilo/#x4)
- I ran five kilos — I mean kilometres! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kilo/#x5)
- Bananas are sold by the kilo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kilo/#x6)

### note

Plural: kilos. Symbol kg for kilogram. 1 kg = 1 000 g; 2.5 kg = 2 500 g; 750 g = 0.75 kg. US people often use pounds: 1 kg is about 2.2 pounds.

### In the corpora

- [After an amount French uses de: un kilo de pommes, une bouteille d'eau, un paquet de chips; kilo is masculine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/18-food-and-drink/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «kilo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kilo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.