Definition of -s suffix from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

-s

suffix,

-es

The pronunciation is formed by adding /z/ after vowels and voiced non-sibilants, /s/ after voiceless non-sibilants, and /ɪz/ after the sibilants /s z ʃ ʒ tʃ dʒ/.

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(makes the plural of regular nouns)
- cats
- potatoes
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(makes the third person singular of regular verbs)
- sees
- watches

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-s
S noun
S abbreviation
S
-’s
-s’
s/he pronoun
M & S
S & L abbreviation
Bart's
Heal's
Lord's
Macy's
S-bend noun
Butlin's
Denny's
Elmer's™ noun
Foyle's
M&M's™ noun
Moody's

Idioms

let's see
it's official
it's a deal!
on occasion(s)
let's just say
on bended knee(s)
rack your brain(s)
knit your brow(s)
in deep water(s)
go into detail(s)
be somebody's loss
look who's talking
backward(s) and forward(s)
jam on the brake(s)
jam the brake(s) on
bust somebody's chops
clean somebody's clock
massage somebody's ego
meet somebody’s eye(s)
gale(s) of laughter

Nearby words

S symbol
-es suffix
-s suffix
-'s suffix
-'s short form

previously

adverb

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