s.

abbr.
1 second(s).
2 shilling(s).
3 singular.
4 son.
5 succeeded.
Etymology: sense 2 orig. f. L solidus: see SOLIDUS

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1. saint.

2. school.

3. second.

4. section.

5. see.

6. series.

7. shilling; shillings.

8. sign.

9. signed.

10. silver.

11. singular.

12. sire.

13. small.

14. society.

15. son.

16. south.

17. southern.

18. steamer.

19. stem.

20. stem of.

21. substantive.

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S¹ or s «ehs», noun, plural S's or Ss, or ss.

1. the 19th letter of the English alphabet. There are two s's in sister.

2. any sound represented by this letter.

3. (used as a symbol for) the 19th, or more usually 18th (of an actual or possible series, either I or J being omitted).

S² «ehs», noun, plural S's.

anything shaped like the letter S: »

The road curved in a big S.

's,

the shortened form of is, has, or us, added to the preceding word: »

That's it = That is it. He's here = He is here. She's just gone = She has just gone. That's been done = That has been done. Let's eat = Let us eat.

-s¹,

a suffix used to form the plural of most nouns as in boys, dogs, hats, houses. It also forms the plural of noun substitutes, such as symbols.

╂[Middle English -es, or -s, Old English -as, suffix denoting the nominative or accusative plural of certain masculine nouns]

-s²,

a suffix used to form the third person singular of verbs in the present indicative active, as in lies, runs, rides, sees, asks, tells, bites, bluffs.

╂[Middle English -es, or -s, Old English, (originally) suffix denoting the second person singular]

-s³,

a suffix used to form some verbs, as in needs, unawares.

╂[Middle English, Old English -es, (originally) suffix denoting the genitive singular of masculine and neuter nouns and adjectives]

-'s,

a suffix used to form the possessive case of nouns in the singular, as in fellow's, man's, child's, book's, elf's, and also of plural nouns not ending in s, as in men's, children's, alumni's. (When the singular ends with an s, the possessive is sometimes indicated by the apostrophe above, as Jesus' and goodness' sake)

╂[Middle English, Old English -es, or -s; see etym. under -s³ (Cf. ↑-s)]

s.,

an abbreviation for the following:

1. half (Latin, semi).

2. Anatomy. sacral.

3. school.

4. scribe.

5. scruple (weight).

6. second or seconds.

7. section.

8. see.

9. series.

10. set or sets.

11. shilling or shillings.

12. a) sign. b) signed.

13. silver.

14. singular.

15. sire (in animal pedigrees).

16. solo.

17. son or sons.

18. soprano.

19. a) south. b) southern.

20. steel.

21. stem.

22. status (cloud).

23. substantive.

24. sun.

S (no period),

an abbreviation or symbol for the following:

1. Saxon.

2. Linguistics. sentence.

3. a) South. b) Southern.

4. specific heat.

5. Physics. strangeness.

6. sulfur (chemical element).

7. Svedberg unit.

S.,

an abbreviation for the following:

1. fellow (as of a society; Latin, socius).

2. page or pages (German, Seite).

3. Sabbath.

4. saint.

5. Saturday.

6. school.

7. sea.

8. Senate (bill; used with a number): »

S. 1421.

9. September.

10. signor.

11. socialist.

12. society.

13. soprano.

14. a) south. b) southern.

15. Sunday.

16. surplus.