‘s
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 subst-tutes, as in man’s, women’s, baby’s, james’s, witness’s, (or witness’), king of england’s, or anyone’s.
‘s2
contraction of is:
she’s here.
contraction of does:
what’s he do for a living now?
contraction of has:
he’s just gone.
usage note
‘s3
archaic.
a contraction of g-d’s, as in ‘swounds; ‘sdeath; ‘sblood.
‘s4
a contraction of us, as in let’s go.
usage note
‘s5
a contraction of as, as in so’s to get there on time.
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- 's gravenhage
[skhrah-vuh n-hah-khuh] /ˌsxrɑ vənˈhɑ xə/ noun dutch name of the hague. gravenhage, ‘s [skhrah-vuh n-hah-khuh] /ˈsxrɑ vənˈhɑ xə/ noun a dutch name of the hague. ‘s gravenhage /sxraːvənˈhaːxə/ noun a dutch name for (the) hague
- 's gravenhage's
[skhrah-vuh n-hah-khuh] /ˌsxrɑ vənˈhɑ xə/ noun dutch name of the hague. ‘s gravenhage /sxraːvənˈhaːxə/ noun a dutch name for (the) hague
- 's hertogenbosch
[ser-toh-khuh n-baws] /ˈsɛr toʊ xənˌbɔs/ noun a city in and the capital of north brabant, in the s netherlands. french bois-le-duc. hertogenbosch, ‘s [dutch ser-toh-khuh n-baws] /dutch ˈsɛr toʊ xənˌbɔs/ noun ‘s hertogenbosch. north brabant noun a province in s netherlands. 1965 sq. mi. (5090 sq. km). capital: ‘s hertogenbosch. ‘s hertogenbosch /dutch shɛrtoːxənˈbɔs/ noun […]
- 's hertogenbosch's
[ser-toh-khuh n-baws] /ˈsɛr toʊ xənˌbɔs/ noun a city in and the capital of north brabant, in the s netherlands. french bois-le-duc. ‘s hertogenbosch /dutch shɛrtoːxənˈbɔs/ noun a city in the s netherlands, capital of north brabant province: birthplace of hieronymus bosch. pop: 133 000 (2003 est) also called den bosch french name bois-le-duc
- 'sblood
[zbluhd] /zblʌd/ interjection, obsolete (used as an oath.)