In English, s represents a voiceless alveolar sibilant /s/. It also commonly represents a voiced alveolar sibilant /z/, as in 'rose' and 'bands'.

Dec 14, 2025 · S (upper case, lower case s, plural Ss or S's) The nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.

Semitic ssade appears in the early alphabets of Thera and Corinth in a form that represents /s/. These alphabets have no sigma, while those that have sigma do not have the Semitic ssade.

-'s is the usual spoken form of 'has', especially where 'has' is an auxiliary verb. It is added to the end of the pronoun or noun which is the subject of the verb.

We use apostrophe s (’s), also called possessive ’s, as a determiner to show that something belongs to someone or something: … We can talk about possession using the pattern: noun …

contraction of is: She's here. contraction of does: What's he do for a living now? contraction of has: He's just gone.

an ending used to form the possessive of most singular nouns, plural nouns not ending in s, noun phrases, and noun substitutes: man's; women's; James's; witness's (or witness'); king of …

informal contraction of does in some questions: where's he live?, what's she do? Etymology: senses 1, 2: assimilated contraction from Middle English -es, from Old English, masculine and …

Definition of S noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Forming the possessive singular of most nouns and noun phrases and of some pronouns. A child's game, the defense attorney's case, the Senator from Maine's bill, one's own ideas.