S - English meaning

ˈsvɛdbəːɡ

S – definitions in English dictionary

abbreviation
Second(s).
abbreviation
Section (of an act).
Usage examples:
The change is effected by the bringing into effect of s 130 of the companies act 1989
abbreviation
Shilling(s).
Usage examples:
A room cost a guinea a night with a 2s 6d supplement for hot bathwater
abbreviation
Singular.
abbreviation
Solid.
abbreviation
(in genealogies) son(s).
Usage examples:
M 1991; one s one d
abbreviation
Succeeded.
abbreviation
Denoting electrons and orbitals possessing zero angular momentum and total symmetry.
Usage examples:
S-electrons
abbreviation
(chiefly in catholic use) saint.
Usage examples:
S ignatius loyola
abbreviation
Siemens.
abbreviation
Small (as a clothes size).
abbreviation
South or southern.
Usage examples:
65° s
abbreviation
Svedberg unit(s).
abbreviation
Sweden (international vehicle registration).

contraction
Is.
Usage examples:
It's raining

prefix
(used chiefly in oaths) god's.
Usage examples:
'sblood

suffix
Denoting possession in plural nouns and sometimes in singular nouns having a final s.
Usage examples:
The girls' dormitories

suffix
Denoting the plurals of nouns (as in apples, wagons, etc.).

suffix
Denoting possession in singular nouns, also in plural nouns not having a final -s.
Usage examples:
The car's engine

suffix
Forming the third person singular of the present of verbs (as in sews, runs, etc.).

suffix
Denoting the plural of a letter or symbol.
Usage examples:
T's

suffix
Forming adverbs such as besides.
suffix
Forming possessive pronouns such as hers, ours.

suffix
Forming nicknames or pet names.
Usage examples:
Ducks

noun
The nineteenth letter of the alphabet.
noun
A shape like that of a capital s.
Usage examples:
An s-bend

verb
(in an online discussion, especially on twitter) address (someone) in order to draw their attention to a comment or post, by using an @ symbol preceding their name.
Usage examples:
If you see anything else interesting, please @ me in the comments

noun
A thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system.
Usage examples:
The second law of thermodynamics says that entropy always increases with time
noun
Lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder.
Usage examples:
A marketplace where entropy reigns supreme
noun
(in information theory) a logarithmic measure of the rate of transfer of information in a particular message or language.

noun
A person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and regarded in christian faith as being in heaven after death.
Usage examples:
A place dedicated to a seventh-century saint

noun
A sixtieth of a minute of time, which as the si unit of time is defined in terms of the natural periodicity of the radiation of a caesium-133 atom.
noun
A sixtieth of a minute of angular distance.

noun
The si unit of conductance, equal to one reciprocal ohm.

noun
The chemical element of atomic number 16, a yellow combustible non-metal.
Usage examples:
We should use coal which contains less sulphur
noun
An american butterfly with predominantly yellow wings that may bear darker patches.