"'s" meaning in English

See 's in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /s/, /ɪz/ [UK], /ɪz/ [US], /əz/ [US], /əz/ [General-Australian], /z/ Audio: En-us-s_sound_after_consonant.ogg Forms: ’s [canonical]
enPR: s, ĭz [UK], ĭz [US], əz [US], əz [General-Australian], z Etymology: Contractions of various words ending in s. Head templates: {{en-adv|-|head=’s}} ’s (not comparable)
  1. (UK, dialect) Contraction of as. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal, not-comparable Alternative form of: as Derived forms: Grimsby, Grimshaw
    Sense id: en-'s-en-adv-nCUI8hxk Categories (other): British English, English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 10 14 5 27 30 3 3 8

Conjunction

IPA: /s/, /ɪz/ [UK], /ɪz/ [US], /əz/ [US], /əz/ [General-Australian], /z/ Audio: En-us-s_sound_after_consonant.ogg Forms: ’s [canonical]
enPR: s, ĭz [UK], ĭz [US], əz [US], əz [General-Australian], z Etymology: Contractions of various words ending in s. Head templates: {{en-conjunction|head=’s}} ’s
  1. (UK, dialect) Contraction of as (when it is (nonstandardly) used as a relative conjunction, or like a relative pronoun, meaning "that"). Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal Alternative form of: as (extra: (when it is (nonstandardly) used as a relative conjunction, or like a relative pronoun, meaning "that"))
    Sense id: en-'s-en-conj-bL6LMMjg Categories (other): British English, English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 10 14 5 27 30 3 3 8

Determiner

IPA: /s/, /ɪz/ [UK], /ɪz/ [US], /əz/ [US], /əz/ [General-Australian], /z/ Audio: En-us-s_sound_after_consonant.ogg Forms: ’s [canonical]
enPR: s, ĭz [UK], ĭz [US], əz [US], əz [General-Australian], z Etymology: Contractions of various words ending in s. Head templates: {{head|en|determiner|head=’s}} ’s
  1. (poetic) Contraction of his. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, poetic Alternative form of: his
    Sense id: en-'s-en-det-czmh5Ywa

Pronoun

IPA: /s/, /ɪz/ [UK], /ɪz/ [US], /əz/ [US], /əz/ [General-Australian], /z/ Audio: En-us-s_sound_after_consonant.ogg Forms: ’s [canonical]
enPR: s, ĭz [UK], ĭz [US], əz [US], əz [General-Australian], z Etymology: Contractions of various words ending in s. Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|clitic|cat2=clitics|head=’s}} ’s (clitic)
  1. Contraction of us (found in the formula let’s which is used to form first-person plural imperatives). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction Alternative form of: us (extra: found in the formula let’s which is used to form first-person plural imperatives) Synonyms: ’s
    Sense id: en-'s-en-pron-aNBAqghB Categories (other): English clitics, English determiners, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant wikilinks, English pronouns, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English clitics: 12 17 6 34 21 2 2 6 Disambiguation of English determiners: 12 18 5 36 21 1 1 6 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 16 3 39 24 2 2 6 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 10 14 5 27 30 3 3 8 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 11 24 4 30 24 1 1 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 1 1 1 0 16 5 5 1 8 0 1 4 0 14 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 4 0 1 2 1 1 6 4 1 0

Verb

IPA: /s/, /ɪz/ [UK], /ɪz/ [US], /əz/ [US], /əz/ [General-Australian], /z/ Audio: En-us-s_sound_after_consonant.ogg Forms: ’s [canonical]
enPR: s, ĭz [UK], ĭz [US], əz [US], əz [General-Australian], z Etymology: Contractions of various words ending in s. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form|clitic|cat2=clitics|head=’s}} ’s (clitic)
  1. Contraction of is. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction Alternative form of: is
    Sense id: en-'s-en-verb-hC2e45SS Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 10 14 5 27 30 3 3 8
  2. Contraction of has. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction Alternative form of: has
    Sense id: en-'s-en-verb-4CdzSNwU
  3. (proscribed, dialectal, Southern US) Contraction of was. Tags: Southern-US, abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction, dialectal, proscribed Alternative form of: was
    Sense id: en-'s-en-verb-CFZVrhZh Categories (other): Southern US English
  4. (informal) Contraction of does (used only with the auxiliary meaning of does and only after interrogative words). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction, informal Alternative form of: does (extra: used only with the auxiliary meaning of does and only after interrogative words)
    Sense id: en-'s-en-verb-VklEgj0b
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: apostrophe, contraction, 'd, ’d, 'll, ’ll, 'm, ’m, 're, ’re, -'s, -’s, 've, ’ve

Alternative forms

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          "text": "What’s he do for a living?",
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          "text": "What’s it say?",
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        {
          "text": "How’s it work?",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "Where’s the n in Javanese come from?",
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          "text": "What are you guys waiting for? Let’s go!",
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    {
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    {
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    {
      "ipa": "/z/"
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        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "əz",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əz/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "əz",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "z"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/z/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "-s"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "’s"
    }
  ],
  "word": "'s"
}

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