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noun, plural S’s or Ss, s’s or ss.
1.
the 19th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
2.
any spoken sound represented by the letter S or s, as in saw, sense, or goose.
3.
something having the shape of an S .
4.
a written or printed representation of the letter S or s.
5.
a device, as a printer’s type, for reproducing the letter S or s.
1.
satisfactory.
2.
signature.
3.
small.
4.
soft.
5.
south.
Symbol.
1.
second.
1.
satisfactory.
2.
Saxon.
3.
sentence.
4.
short.
5.
Electricity. siemens.
6.
signature.
7.
single.
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small.
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soft.
10.
Music. soprano.
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South.
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Southern.
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state (highway).
14.
Grammar. subject.
Symbol.
1.
the 19th in order or in a series, or, when I is omitted, the 18th.
2.
(sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 7 or 70.
Compare Roman numerals.
3.
second.
4.
Biochemistry. serine.
5.
Thermodynamics. entropy.
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Physics. strangeness.
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sulfur.
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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.
1.
contraction of is:
She’s here.
2.
contraction of does:
What’s he do for a living now?
3.
contraction of has:
He’s just gone.
Archaic.
1.
a contraction of God’s, as in ‘swounds; ‘sdeath; ‘sblood.
1.
a contraction of us, as in Let’s go.
1.
a contraction of as, as in so’s to get there on time.
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a native English suffix used in the formation of adverbs:
always; betimes; needs; unawares.
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an ending marking the third person singular indicative active of verbs:
walks.
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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); cf. -ers.
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a suffix of hypocoristic nouns, generally proper names or forms used only in address:
Babs; Fats; Suzykins; Sweetums; Toodles.
1.
(in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
1.
(in prescriptions) let it be written.
1.
Fellow.
1.
Sabbath.
2.
Saint.
3.
Saturday.
4.
Saxon.
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(in Austria) schilling; schillings.
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School.
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Sea.
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Senate.
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September.
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shilling; shillings.
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Signor.
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Small.
13.
Socialist.
14.
Society.
15.
sol3 (def 1).
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South.
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Southern.
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(in Ecuador) sucre; sucres.
19.
Sunday.
1.
saint.
2.
school.
3.
second.
4.
section.
5.
see.
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series.
7.
shilling; shillings.
8.
sign.
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signed.
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silver.
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singular.
12.
sire.
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small.
14.
society.
15.
son.
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south.
17.
southern.
18.
steamer.
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stem.
20.
stem of.
21.
substantive.
symbol
1.
second (of time)
noun (pl) s’s, S’s, Ss
1.
the 19th letter and 15th consonant of the modern English alphabet
2.
a speech sound represented by this letter, usually an alveolar fricative, either voiceless, as in sit, or voiced, as in dogs
3.

something shaped like an S
(in combination): an S-bend in a road

symbol
1.
satisfactory
2.
Society
3.
small (size)
4.
South
5.
(chem) sulphur
6.
(physics)

entropy
siemens
strangeness

7.
(currency)

(the former) schilling
sol
(the former) sucre

abbreviation
8.
Sweden (international car registration)
abbreviation
1.
see
2.
semi-
3.
shilling
4.
singular
5.
son
6.
succeeded
abbreviation
1.
(pl) SS. Saint
2.
school
3.
Sea
4.
Signor
5.
Society
suffix
1.
forming the plural of most nouns: boys, boxes
suffix
1.
forming the third person singular present indicative tense of verbs: he runs, she washes
suffix
1.
forming nicknames and names expressing affection or familiarity: Fats, Fingers, ducks

s abbr.

Latin semis (half)

Latin sinister (left)

S
The symbol for the element sulfur.
s

Abbreviation of second (of time), second (of an arc)

The symbol for strangeness.

S
The symbol for sulfur.
sulfur also sulphur
(sŭl’fər)
Symbol S
A pale-yellow, brittle nonmetallic element that occurs widely in nature, especially in volcanic deposits, minerals, natural gas, and petroleum. It is used to make gunpowder and fertilizer, to vulcanize rubber, and to produce sulfuric acid. Atomic number 16; atomic weight 32.066; melting point (rhombic) 112.8°C; (monoclinic) 119.0°C; boiling point 444.6°C; specific gravity (rhombic) 2.07; (monoclinic) 1.957; valence 2, 4, 6. See Periodic Table.
-s

language
A statistical analysis language from AT&T.
[“S: An Interactive Environment for Data Analysis and Graphics”, Richard A. Becker, Wadsworth 1984].
(1997-01-21)
s
1.
second
2.
second
3.
split
4.
stere
5.
strange quark
S
1.
entropy
2.
safety
3.
Samuel
4.
satisfactory
5.
Saturday
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Senate
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send (shortwave transmission)
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sentence
9.
sexual [situations] (television rating)
10.
siemens
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single (as in personal ads)
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small
13.
smoking section
14.
soprano
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south
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southern
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straight (as in personal ads)
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strike
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sulfur
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Sunday
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sunny
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superior
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Sweden (international vehicle ID)
s.
1.
shilling
2.
singular
3.
sire
4.
solo
5.
son
6.
substantive
S.
1.
saint
2.
sea
3.
signature
4.
signor
5.
signore
6.
statute