s

s

s¹ or S [es]

n.

pl. S's, s's

1. the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek sigma, a borrowing from the Phoenician

2. any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (s) of soap or (z) of rise

3. a type or impression for s or S

4. the nineteenth in a sequence or group

5. an object shaped like S

adj.

1. of s or S

2. nineteenth in a sequence or group

3. shaped like S

s²

abbrev.

1. school

2. second(s)

3. section

4. see

5. semi

6. series

7. shilling(s)

8. sign

9. silver

10. singular

11. sire

12. society

13. son

14. soprano

15. south

16. southern

17. substantive