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//s// adv, conj, det, pron, verb, slang
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 Contraction of as. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal, not-comparable
"He takes his bottle of whisky a day and gets drunk’s a lord in the evening."
Conjunction
- 1 Contraction of as, when it is (nonstandardly) used as a relative conjunction, or like a relative pronoun, meaning "that". UK, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal
"All’s he wanted was to go home."
Determiner
- 1 Contraction of his. abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, poetic
"Duncan’s in ’s grave"
Pronoun
- 1 Contraction of us, found in the formula let's which is used to form first-person plural imperatives. abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction
"What are you guys waiting for? Let’s go!"
Verb
- 1 Contraction of is. abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction
"The dog’s running after me!"
- 2 Contraction of has. abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction
"The dog’s been chasing the mail carrier again."
- 3 Contraction of was. Southern-US, abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction, dialectal, proscribed
"It’s a beautiful day yesterday so I’s at the park."
- 4 Contraction of does, used only with the auxiliary meaning of does and only after interrogative words. abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction, informal
"What’s he do for a living?"
Etymology
Etymology 1
Contractions of various words ending in s.
Etymology 2
Contractions of various words ending in s.
Etymology 3
Contractions of various words ending in s.
Etymology 4
Contractions of various words ending in s.
Etymology 5
Contractions of various words ending in s.
See also for "'s"
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