Meaning of “s” in the English Dictionary

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"s" in English

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snoun

also sec

Grammar

Possessive ’sWe use apostrophe s (’s), also called possessive ’s, as a determiner to show that something belongs to someone or something: …
Possessives with of …
’s or of or either?There are some general rules about when to use ’s and when to use of but there are many cases where both are possible: …
Possession: typical errors …

's

uk ​ / -s/ /-z/ /-ɪz/ us ​ / -s/ /-z/ /-ɪz/

-ssuffix

uk ​ / -s/ /-z/ /-ɪz/ us ​ / -s/ /-z/ /-ɪz/ also -es

-s'suffix

uk ​ / -s/ /-z/ /-ɪz/ us ​ / -s/ /-z/ /-ɪz/

-'ssuffix

uk ​ / -s/ /-z/ /-ɪz/ us ​ / -s/ /-z/ /-ɪz/

› used to show that the following thing belongs to the person or thing named:

the cat's tail
Patricia's dress
today's paper
the children's shoes

› the house belonging to the stated person:

The boys are at Katy's.

› UK the shop belonging to the stated person:

I got it at the greengrocer's.

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(Definition of “s” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

"S" in American English

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Snoun [ C ]

plural S’s, Ss, s’s or ss also s us ​ /es/

› the 19th letter of the English alphabet

Sadjective [ not gradable ]

› abbreviation for small

Note: Used esp. on clothing to show its size.

S.adjective, noun [ U ]

also So.

› abbreviation for south or southern

(Definition of “S” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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