"-'" meaning in English

See -' in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

IPA: /z/, /zɪz/, /s/, /sɪz/, /ɪz/ (note: Received Pronunciation, General American, weak vowel distinction), /əz/ (note: General Australian, weak vowel merger) Forms: -’ [canonical]
enPR: z, zəz, s, səz, ĭz (note: Received Pronunciation, General American, weak vowel distinction), əz (note: General Australian, weak vowel merger) Head templates: {{head|en|particle|head=-’|sort='}} -’
  1. Possessive marker used on plurals that end with -s (or -es, etc).
    Sense id: en--'-en-particle-uT3~XuUr
  2. Possessive marker sometimes used on singular names which end in s, indicating than an object belongs to the noun bearing the marker.
    Sense id: en--'-en-particle-L7RzedZu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English particles, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English particles: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 68
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "sort": "'"
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Her heart leapt when she saw the expressions on her teachers’ faces."
        },
        {
          "text": "their faces’ expressions"
        },
        {
          "text": "The countesses’ husbands were generally quite lavish."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Possessive marker used on plurals that end with -s (or -es, etc)."
      ],
      "id": "en--'-en-particle-uT3~XuUr",
      "links": [
        [
          "-s",
          "-s#English"
        ],
        [
          "-es",
          "-es#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "32 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Jesus' disciples"
        },
        {
          "text": "Chris' cake recipe"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 August 29, Minyvonne Burke, “Robin Williams Death: Actor’s Ghost Haunting Home He Died In, Playing Practical Jokes?”, in HNGN Headlines & Global News:",
          "text": "Robin Williams’ ghost has apparently stuck around and is haunting the California home the actor died in.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 4, 0:09 from the start, in GOP Megadonor Harlan Crow Paid Tuition For Clarence Thomas’ Relative, Report Says, Forbes:",
          "text": "GOP donor and real estate magnate Harlan Crow paid thousands of dollars in tuition for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ grandnephew, who he served as the legal guardian for, ProPublica reports, without the justice disclosing it, the latest in a series of controversies involving Thomas’ financial relationship with Crow that have sparked ethics concerns and calls for Thomas to resign.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Possessive marker sometimes used on singular names which end in s, indicating than an object belongs to the noun bearing the marker."
      ],
      "id": "en--'-en-particle-L7RzedZu"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "z"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "zəz"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/z/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zɪz/"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "s"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "səz"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/s/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɪz/"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ĭz",
      "note": "Received Pronunciation, General American, weak vowel distinction"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪz/",
      "note": "Received Pronunciation, General American, weak vowel distinction"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "əz",
      "note": "General Australian, weak vowel merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əz/",
      "note": "General Australian, weak vowel merger"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-'"
}
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    "English lemmas",
    "English particles",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-’",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "particle",
        "head": "-’",
        "sort": "'"
      },
      "expansion": "-’",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Her heart leapt when she saw the expressions on her teachers’ faces."
        },
        {
          "text": "their faces’ expressions"
        },
        {
          "text": "The countesses’ husbands were generally quite lavish."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Possessive marker used on plurals that end with -s (or -es, etc)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-s",
          "-s#English"
        ],
        [
          "-es",
          "-es#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Jesus' disciples"
        },
        {
          "text": "Chris' cake recipe"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 August 29, Minyvonne Burke, “Robin Williams Death: Actor’s Ghost Haunting Home He Died In, Playing Practical Jokes?”, in HNGN Headlines & Global News:",
          "text": "Robin Williams’ ghost has apparently stuck around and is haunting the California home the actor died in.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 4, 0:09 from the start, in GOP Megadonor Harlan Crow Paid Tuition For Clarence Thomas’ Relative, Report Says, Forbes:",
          "text": "GOP donor and real estate magnate Harlan Crow paid thousands of dollars in tuition for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ grandnephew, who he served as the legal guardian for, ProPublica reports, without the justice disclosing it, the latest in a series of controversies involving Thomas’ financial relationship with Crow that have sparked ethics concerns and calls for Thomas to resign.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Possessive marker sometimes used on singular names which end in s, indicating than an object belongs to the noun bearing the marker."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "z"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "zəz"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/z/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zɪz/"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "s"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "səz"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/s/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɪz/"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ĭz",
      "note": "Received Pronunciation, General American, weak vowel distinction"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪz/",
      "note": "Received Pronunciation, General American, weak vowel distinction"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "əz",
      "note": "General Australian, weak vowel merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əz/",
      "note": "General Australian, weak vowel merger"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-'"
}

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