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The letter S.

noun

The definition of s is the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet.

An example of s is the first letter of the word "spatula."

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s

or S

noun

pl.

the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek sigma, a borrowing from the Phoenician
any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (s) of soap or (z) of rise
a type or impression for s or S
the nineteenth in a sequence or group
an object shaped like

of s or S
nineteenth in a sequence or group
shaped like

school
second(s)
section
see
semi
series
shilling(s)
sign
silver
single
singular
sire
society
son
soprano
south
southern
substantive

S

Sabbath
Football safety (the player)
sometimes written s
Saint
Bible Samuel
Saturday
Saxon
Seaman
Senate
September
siemens
Signor
single
slim (garment width)
small
Society
South
south
southern
Sunday
Origin of S
Classical Latin signa
Pharmacy write

S

Physics entropy
Chem. sulfur

-s

forming the plural of most nouns: hips, shoes
forming the 3d pers. sing., pres. indic., of certain verbs: shouts, gives, runs
forming some adverbs: betimes, days

Origin of -s

alternate form of -es, assimilated to preceding voiceless sounds as (s) and to preceding voiced sounds as (z) when those sounds are not sibilants

-'s

forming the possessive singular of most nouns and noun phrases and of some pronouns: a child's game, the defense attorney's case, the Senator from Maine's bill, one's own ideas
forming the possessive plural of nouns whose plural does not end in s: a children's dictionary
forming the plural of letters and numbers: mind one's p's and q's; a pile of 10's on the table

Origin of -'s

assimilated contr. from Middle English -es from OE, masculine and neuter genitive singular inflection

-'s

is: he's here
has: she's done it
Informal does: what's it matter?

-'s

us: used with the verb let in the contraction let's

-s'

forming the possessive plural of most nouns: cats' whiskers, the Johnsons' children, Americans' eating habits

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s

or S

noun

pl. s's, or S's also ss or Ss

The 19th letter of the modern English alphabet.
Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter s.
The 19th in a series.
Something shaped like the letter S.

airplane, Spirit of St. Louis

The single-engine monoplane in which Charles Lindbergh made the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927 is at the National Air and Space Museum.

abbreviation

second (unit of time)
Mathematics second (of arc)
stere
strange quark

S

The symbol for sulfur
The symbol for entropy

S

abbreviation

Football safety
Bible Samuel
satisfactory
Saturday
Sports shot
siemens
small
soprano
a. south
b. southern
Baseball strike
Sports striker
Sunday

s.

abbreviation

section
shilling
singular
sire
solo
son
substantive

S.

abbreviation

saint
sea
Medicine signature
a. signor
b. signore

-s

or -es

suffix

Used to form plural nouns: letters; ashes.

Origin of -s

Middle English -es, -s from Old English -es, -as nominative and accusative pl. suff

-s

or -es

suffix

Used to form the third person singular present tense of all regular and most irregular verbs: looks; holds; goes.

Origin of -s

Middle English -es, -s from Old English (Northumbrian) -es, -as alteration ( perhaps influenced by Old Norse) of -eth, -ath

-s

suffix

Used to form adverbs: They were caught unawares. He works nights.

Origin of -s

Middle English -es, -s genitive sing. suff. from Old English -es

-'s

suffix

Used to form the possessive case of singular nouns, plural nouns that do not end in s, certain pronouns, and phrases that function as nouns or pronouns: nation's; women's; another's; the girl next door's cat.

Origin of -'s

Middle English -s, -es from Old English -es genitive sing. suff

's

Is: She's here.
Has: He's arrived.
Does: What's he want?
Us: Let's go.

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Abbreviation of second (of time), second (of an arc)
The symbol for strangeness

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Letter

(lower case, upper case S)

The nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.

Number

lower case (upper case S)

The ordinal number nineteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.

Abbreviations

(metrology) abbreviation for the scruple (unit of mass in the apothecaries' system)
Alternative form of s..

Noun

plural form of ?

Prefix

(physics) subatomic particles predicted by supersymmetry; the boson equivalent of known fermions

Origin

Initial of scalar.

Symbol

(topology) sphere (the surface of a three-dimensional ball)

Symbol

(topology) circle

Symbol

(topology) An n-dimensional sphere; the surface of an (n+1)-dimensional ball.

Symbol

(computing) The ASCII control character device control 3 in caret notation.

Usage notes

Traditionally, the possessives of classical and Biblical names ending in s, such as Archimedes and Jesus, are written without a final “s”.This can lead to confusion, especially in print, since in this case, s’ it is not indicating a plural noun.

Archimedes’ Principle

Jesus’ disciples

For current usage, the above rule (for example, with regard to the Spanish given name Jesus) does not need to be applied as it is not occurring in a Biblical or classical context.

This is Jesus Ramirez, and this is Jesus’s wife.

Please see also Usage notes for ’s for further clarification.

Verb

(imperative only)

(informal or even humorous) Replace the following string with the one that appears after it.
I hate you, you idiot!
Erm, s/hate/love/ and s/idiot/lovable fellow/.

Usage notes

As in the example sentences, the string to be replaced and the string replacing it are surrounded by slashes. Often, the second string is followed by a g; see etymology, above.

Origin

This comes from the command s, originally in ed but found in Perl, to replace one string with another. Although the command does not require slashes — other punctuation can be used — in this informal (i.e., outside of scripting) verb slashes are virtually universally used.

In the original command, a trailing g means that the change in strings should be effected every time the first string appears (not just the first time it appears); this g is often used in this informal verb also, as described in the usage note below.

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s - Computer Definition

The symbol for entropy. See entropy.
S interface or Reference Point S in ISDN. See ReferencePoint S.

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Chat room talk meaning “smiling.”

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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See R.

S#

(S Sharp) A Smalltalk scripting language from the now defunct Smallscript Corporation, Half Moon Bay, CA. A superset of Smalltalk-98, S# used the Smallscript Agile Object System (AOS) Runtime Execution Engine to interpret the source code on the fly. An S#.NET compiler for the Visual Studio .NET environment was also available. See Smalltalk.

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