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s
1's
2- an ending used in writing to represent the possessive morpheme after most singular nouns, some plural nouns, especially those not ending in a letter or combination of letters representing an s or z sound, noun phrases, and noun substitutes, as in man's, women's, baby's, James's, witness's, (or witness' ), king of England's, or anyone's.
S
3[ es ]
noun
- the 19th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
- any spoken sound represented by the letter S or s, as in saw, sense, or goose.
- something having the shape of an S .
- a written or printed representation of the letter S or s.
- a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter S or s.
-s
4- a native English suffix used in the formation of adverbs:
always; betimes; needs; unawares.
S.
5abbreviation for
- (in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
s
6- second.
's
7- contraction of is:
She's here.
- contraction of does:
What's he do for a living now?
- contraction of has:
He's just gone.
S
8abbreviation for
- satisfactory.
- Baseball. sacrifice ( def 6 ).
- Baseball. save 1( def 17 ).
- Saxon.
- sentence.
- short.
- Electricity. siemens.
- signature.
- single.
- small.
- soft.
- Music. soprano.
- South.
- Southern.
- state (highway).
- Grammar. subject.
-s
9- an ending marking the third person singular indicative active of verbs:
walks.
S.
10abbreviation for
- (in prescriptions) let it be written.
's
11- a contraction of God's, as in 'swounds; 'sdeath; 'sblood.
S
12- the 19th in order or in a series
- (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 7 or 70. Compare Roman numerals.
- second.
- Biochemistry. serine ( def ).
- Thermodynamics. entropy ( def 1b ).
- Physics. strangeness ( def 2 ).
- Chemistry. sulfur ( def 1 ).
-s
13- an ending marking nouns as plural ( boys; wolves ), occurring also on nouns that have no singular ( dregs; entrails; pants; scissors ), or on nouns that have a singular with a different meaning ( clothes; glasses; manners; thanks ). The pluralizing value of -s3 is weakened or lost in a number of nouns that now often take singular agreement, as the names of games ( billiards; checkers; tiddlywinks ) and of diseases ( measles; mumps; pox; rickets ); the latter use has been extended to create informal names for a variety of involuntary conditions, physical or mental ( collywobbles; d.t.'s; giggles; hots; willies ). A parallel set of formations, where -s3 has no plural value, are adjectives denoting socially unacceptable or inconvenient states ( bananas; bonkers; crackers; nuts; preggers; starkers ); -ers.
S.
14abbreviation for
- Fellow.
's
15- a contraction of us, as in Let's go.
-s
16- a suffix of hypocoristic nouns, generally proper names or forms used only in address:
Babs; Fats; Suzykins; Sweetums; Toodles.
S.
17abbreviation for
- Sabbath.
- Saint.
- Saturday.
- Saxon.
- (in Austria) schilling; schillings.
- School.
- Sea.
- Senate.
- September.
- shilling; shillings.
- Signor.
- Small.
- Socialist.
- Society.
- South.
- Southern.
- (in Ecuador) sucre; sucres.
- Sunday.
's
18- a contraction of as, as in so's to get there on time.
s.
19abbreviation for
- saint.
- school.
- second.
- section.
- see.
- series.
- shilling; shillings.
- sign.
- signed.
- silver.
- singular.
- sire.
- small.
- society.
- son.
- south.
- southern.
- steamer.
- stem.
- stem of.
- substantive.
-s
1suffix
- forming the plural of most nouns
boys
boxes
-s
2suffix
- forming nicknames and names expressing affection or familiarity
Fingers
ducks
Fats
s
3/ ɛs /
noun
- the 19th letter and 15th consonant of the modern English alphabet
- a speech sound represented by this letter, usually an alveolar fricative, either voiceless, as in sit, or voiced, as in dogs
- something shaped like an S
- ( in combination )
an S-bend in a road
s
4symbol for
- second (of time)
S
5symbol for
- satisfactory
- Society
- small (size)
- South
- chem sulphur
- physics
- entropy
- siemens
- strangeness
- currency
- (the former) schilling
- sol
- (the former) sucre
abbreviation for
- Sweden (international car registration)
-'s
6suffix
- forming the possessive singular of nouns and some pronouns
man's
one's
- forming the possessive plural of nouns whose plurals do not end in -s
children's
- forming the plural of numbers, letters, or symbols
20's
p's and q's
- informal.contraction of is or has
he's here
John's coming
it's gone
- informal.contraction of us with let
let's
- informal.contraction of does in some questions
what's he do?
where's he live?
-s'
7suffix
- forming the possessive of plural nouns ending in the sound s or z and of some singular nouns
for goodness' sake
girls'
S.
8abbreviation for
- SS Saint
- school
- Sea
- Signor
- Society
-s
9suffix
- forming the third person singular present indicative tense of verbs
he runs
she washes
s.
10abbreviation for
- see
- semi-
- shilling
- singular
- son
- succeeded
Usage Note
Word History and Origins
Origin of s1
Origin of s3
Origin of s4
Origin of s5
Origin of s6
Origin of s7
Word History and Origins
Origin of s1
Origin of s2
Origin of s3
Origin of s4
Origin of s5
Example Sentences
Liam Payne’s former bandmates, family members and friends gathered Wednesday in England for the late singer’s funeral, just over a month after he died from a fall in Buenos Aires.
“X Factor” judges Simon Cowell and singer Cheryl Cole, Payne’s ex-fiancée with whom he shared a young son, were also in attendance, as was girlfriend Kate Cassidy, who was in Argentina with Payne before he died.
The “Strip That Down” singer’s dark blue casket arrived at the church in a white horse-drawn hearse carrying floral arrangements spelling the words “son” and “daddy,” the BBC said.
The late singer’s mother wept and his father Geoff Payne — who flew to Argentina to collect the singer’s body — stood stoically as they watched the flower-covered casket go into the church, CNN reported.
In Liam Payne’s words and interviews with friends and collaborators, the late pop star emerges as a talent struggling with addiction in the spotlight.
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