See s/ on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "This comes from the command s (substitute), originally in ed and also found in Perl, to replace one string with another. Although the command does not require slashes (other punctuation can be used as delimiters) in this informal use (i.e., outside of scripting) slashes are virtually universally used.\nIn the original command, a trailing g means that the change in strings should be effected every time the first string appears (not just the first time it appears); this g is often used in this informal verb also, as described in the usage note below.",
"head_templates": [
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"args": {
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"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I hate you, you idiot!"
},
{
"text": "Erm, s/hate/love/ and s/idiot/lovable fellow/."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Replace the following string with the one that appears after it."
],
"id": "en-s/-en-verb-TALOxu5K",
"links": [
[
"humorous",
"humorous"
],
[
"Replace",
"replace"
],
[
"string",
"string"
]
],
"qualifier": "informal or even humorous",
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal or even humorous) Replace the following string with the one that appears after it."
],
"tags": [
"imperative-only"
]
}
],
"word": "s/"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "",
"name": "fr-prep"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "prep",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "sur"
}
],
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Abbreviation of sur."
],
"id": "en-s/-fr-prep-8vDrk8rB",
"links": [
[
"sur",
"sur#French"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"error-lua-exec"
]
}
],
"word": "s/"
}
{
"etymology_text": "This comes from the command s (substitute), originally in ed and also found in Perl, to replace one string with another. Although the command does not require slashes (other punctuation can be used as delimiters) in this informal use (i.e., outside of scripting) slashes are virtually universally used.\nIn the original command, a trailing g means that the change in strings should be effected every time the first string appears (not just the first time it appears); this g is often used in this informal verb also, as described in the usage note below.",
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{
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},
"expansion": "",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English humorous terms",
"English informal terms",
"English lemmas",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I hate you, you idiot!"
},
{
"text": "Erm, s/hate/love/ and s/idiot/lovable fellow/."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Replace the following string with the one that appears after it."
],
"links": [
[
"humorous",
"humorous"
],
[
"Replace",
"replace"
],
[
"string",
"string"
]
],
"qualifier": "informal or even humorous",
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal or even humorous) Replace the following string with the one that appears after it."
],
"tags": [
"imperative-only"
]
}
],
"word": "s/"
}
{
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "",
"name": "fr-prep"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "prep",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "sur"
}
],
"categories": [
"French abbreviations"
],
"glosses": [
"Abbreviation of sur."
],
"links": [
[
"sur",
"sur#French"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"error-lua-exec"
]
}
],
"word": "s/"
}
Download raw JSONL data for s/ meaning in All languages combined (1.7kB)
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"path": [
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"#invoke",
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],
"section": "French",
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"title": "s/",
"trace": "[string \"Module:headword\"]:644: For key '1' in `data.heads`, blank string not allowed; use 'false' for the default"
}
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],
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}
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"called_from": "luaexec/683",
"msg": "LUA error in #invoke('fr-headword', 'show', 'prepositions') parent ('Template:fr-preposition', {})",
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],
"section": "French",
"subsection": "preposition",
"title": "s/",
"trace": "[string \"Module:headword\"]:644: For key '1' in `data.heads`, blank string not allowed; use 'false' for the default"
}
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