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Antonyms for s

Grammar : Noun
Spell : es
Phonetic Transcription : ɛs


Definition of s

Origin :
  • suffix forming the possessive singular case of most Modern English nouns, its use gradually was extended in Middle English from Old English -es, the most common genitive inflection of masculine and neuter nouns (cf. dæg "day," genitive dæges "day's").
  • Old English also had genitives in -e, -re, -an, as well as "mutation-genitives" (cf. boc "book," plural bec), and the -es form never was used in plural (where -a, -ra, -na prevailed), thus avoiding the verbal ambiguity of words like kings'.
  • In Middle English, both the possessive singular and the common plural forms were regularly spelled es, and when the e was dropped in pronunciation and from the written word, the habit grew up of writing an apostrophe in place of the lost e in the possessive singular to distinguish it from the plural. Later the apostrophe, which had come to be looked upon as the sign of the possessive, was carried over into the plural, but was written after the s to differentiate that form from the possessive singular. By a process of popular interpretation, the 's was supposed to be a contraction for his, and in some cases the his was actually "restored." [Samuel C. Earle, et al, "Sentences and their Elements," New York: Macmillan, 1911]
  • As a suffix forming some adverbs, it represents the genitive singular ending of Old English masculine and neuter nouns and some adjectives.
  • As in heartiness : noun health
Example sentences :
  • I say, Dirk, what do you s'pose all that yarn means about to-morrow night?
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • An' I s'pose you feel it all the more, seein' the round-up's jest startin' out.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • S' fur 's the pitcher goes, it's about as good 's kin be did with paint, I guess.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • "I s'pose you know more'n your father and mother," suggested Wade.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • "I s'pose I was a poor miserable creatur' to git out of it that way," said she.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • Or s'pose he had it in mind to fill in that low land, so 't we could bury there!
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • I s'pose they'd got to, some time, an' it might jest as well ha' been fust as last.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • What under the sun do you s'pose Dave and Jont find to talk about?
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • Do you s'pose she tumbled, or did she put her foot through it a-purpose?
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • "I s'pose there's no need o' my settin' down," she remarked, bitingly.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

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