S definition
She's here.
Let's go.
What's he want?
Letters; ashes.
Looks; holds; goes.
Nation's; women's; another's; the girl next door's cat.
He's arrived.
An example of s is the first letter of the word "spatula."
They were caught unawares. He works nights.
Hips, shoes.
Shouts, gives, runs.
Betimes, days.
A child's game, the defense attorney's case, the Senator from Maine's bill, one's own ideas.
A children's dictionary.
Mind one's p's and q's; a pile of 10's on the table.
He's here.
She's done it.
What's it matter?
Cats' whiskers, the Johnsons' children, Americans' eating habits.
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
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
- assimilated contr. < ME -es < OE, masc. & neut. gen. sing. inflection
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
- Middle English -es, -s from Old English (Northumbrian) -es, -as alteration (perhaps influenced by Old Norse) of -eth, -ath
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English -es, -s from Old English -es, -as nominative and accusative pl. suff
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English -es, -s genitive sing. suff. from Old English -es
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English -s, -es from Old English -es genitive sing. suff
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Wiktionary
- 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.
From Wiktionary
- Initial of scalar.
From Wiktionary