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's en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /əz/ (US)
  • /ɪz/ (US)
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  • ĭz (US)
  • z elsewhere
  • s
  • /əz/ (Australia)
  • əz (US)
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  • /ɪz/ (UK)
  • ĭz (UK)
  • /z/ elsewhere
  • əz (Australia)

Etymology

Contractions of various words ending in s.

Meanings

  1. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal, not-comparable) Contraction of as.
    alt of as
    • ’S that bloody comet. Thash what done it. Green shootin’ shtarsh—an’ now everyone’s blind’s a bat. 1951, John Wyndham [pseudonym; John Wyndham Harris], “The End Begins”, in The Day of the Triffids, Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett Crest, →OCLC, page 19:
    • I'd's lieves try my luck's I am. I'm smarter'n you'd think for. 1921, Marion Ames Taggart, Poppy's Pluck (page 137)
    • He takes his bottle of whisky a day and gets drunk’s a lord in the evening. 1922, E. F. Benson, Negotium Perambulans:

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Source: en.wiktionary, “'s” (adv), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

's en · CCONJ

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Etymology

Contractions of various words ending in s.

Meanings

  1. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal) Contraction of as, when it is (nonstandardly) used as a relative conjunction, or like a relative pronoun, meaning "that".
    alt of as
    alt of when it is
    • All’s he wanted was to go home.

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Deriveds

all's · so's

Source: en.wiktionary, “'s” (conj), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

's en · DET

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Etymology

Contractions of various words ending in s.

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  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, poetic) Contraction of his.
    alt of his
    • Duncan’s in’s grave

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Source: en.wiktionary, “'s” (det), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

's en · PRON

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Etymology

Contractions of various words ending in s.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction) Contraction of us, found in the formula let's which is used to form first-person plural imperatives.
    alt of us
    • Wee'le part the time betweene's then: and in that Ile no gaine-ſaying. c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 277, column 2:
    • What are you guys waiting for? Let’s go!

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Source: en.wiktionary, “'s” (pron), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

's en · VERB

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Contractions of various words ending in s.

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  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction) Contraction of is.
    alt of is
    • The dog’s running after me!
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction) Contraction of has.
    alt of has
    • The dog’s been chasing the mail carrier again.
  3. (Southern-US, abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction, dialectal, proscribed) Contraction of was.
    alt of was
    • It’s a beautiful day yesterday so I’s at the park.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction, informal) Contraction of does, used only with the auxiliary meaning of does and only after interrogative words.
    alt of does
    • What’s he do for a living?
    • How’s it work?
    • What’s it say?
    • What’s it mean? It means nothing.
    • Where’s the n in Javanese come from?
    • What the hell's he mean?

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Deriveds

so's

Relateds

s' · -’s · ’d · ’m · 've · contraction · 're · 'll · ’ll · 'd · 'm · apostrophe · ’ve · -'s · ’re

Source: en.wiktionary, “'s” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

's en · X

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Etymology

Contractions of various words ending in s.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction, poetic) Contraction of it's.
    alt of it's
    • You wouldn’t blame your own dear boy! Your only one! ’S too bad. 1933 August, H[enry] C[hristopher] Bailey, “The Lilies of St. Gabriel’s”, in Mr. Fortune Wonders, Garden City, N.Y.: […] [F]or the Crime Club, Inc., by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., →OCLC, page 97:
    • By my troth’s not ſo good, and I vvarrant your coſin vvill ſay ſo. 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], page 112, column 2:
    • ’S that bloody comet. Thash what done it. Green shootin’ shtarsh—an’ now everyone’s blind’s a bat. 1951, John Wyndham [pseudonym; John Wyndham Harris], “The End Begins”, in The Day of the Triffids, Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett Crest, →OCLC, page 19:

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