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's

adv · conj · det · pron · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • s
  • /s/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: ĭz
  • UK: /ɪz/
  • US: ĭz
  • US: əz
  • US: /ɪz/
  • US: /əz/
  • Australian: əz
  • Australian: /əz/
  • z elsewhere
  • /z/ elsewhere
  • homophone: -s
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Contraction of as.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

conj

Meaning 2

Contraction of as, when it is (nonstandardly) used as a relative conjunction, or like a relative pronoun, meaning "that".

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal

Examples

  • All’s he wanted was to go home.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

det

Meaning 3

Contraction of his.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, poetic

Examples

  • Duncan’s in’s grave

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

pron

Meaning 4

Contraction of us, found in the formula let's which is used to form first-person plural imperatives.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction

Examples

  • What are you guys waiting for? Let’s go!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

Contraction of is.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction

Examples

  • The dog’s running after me!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

Contraction of has.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction

Examples

  • The dog’s been chasing the mail carrier again.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

Contraction of was.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Southern-US, abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction, dialectal, proscribed

Examples

  • It’s a beautiful day yesterday so I’s at the park.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

Contraction of does, used only with the auxiliary meaning of does and only after interrogative words.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction, informal

Examples

  • What’s he do for a living?
  • What’s it say?
  • What’s it mean? It means nothing.
  • How’s it work?
  • Where’s the n in Javanese come from?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Contractions of various words ending in s.