's

For the possessive ’s, see -'s.

• ’s

Contractions of various words ending in s.

• (after voiceless consonants except /s/, /ʃ/, /t͡ʃ/) enPR: s, IPA^(key): /s/

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• (after a sibilant or affricate)
  • (UK) enPR: ĭz, IPA^(key): /ɪz/
  • (US) enPR: ĭz, əz, IPA^(key): /ɪz/, /əz/
  • (General Australian) enPR: əz, IPA^(key): /əz/
• (elsewhere) enPR: z, IPA^(key): /z/
• Homophone: -s

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’s (clitic)

1. Contraction of is.

   The dog’s running after me!

2. Contraction of has.

   The dog’s been chasing the mail carrier again.

3. (proscribed, dialectal, Southern US) Contraction of was.

   It’s a beautiful day yesterday so I’s at the park.

4. (informal) Contraction of does (used only with the auxiliary meaning of does and only after interrogative words).

   What’s he do for a living?

   What’s it say?

   How’s it work?

   Where’s the n in Javanese come from?

Like -'ve, in many dialects, -'s is only used to mark the perfect aspect ("He's finished his work" = "He has finished his work"), not to signify possession ("She has something"), necessity ("It has to end"), etc. In others, -'s is used more broadly; this is sometimes proscribed.

’s (clitic)

1. Contraction of us (found in the formula let’s which is used to form first-person plural imperatives).

   What are you guys waiting for? Let’s go!

   • c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 277, column 2:

     Wee'le part the time betweene's then: and in that
     Ile no gaine-ſaying.

’s

1. (poetic) Contraction of his.

   Duncan’s in ’s grave

’s

1. (UK, dialect) Contraction of as (when it is (nonstandardly) used as a relative conjunction, or like a relative pronoun, meaning "that").

   All’s he wanted was to go home.

’s (not comparable)

1. (UK, dialect) Contraction of as.
   • 1922, E. F. Benson, Negotium Perambulans:

     He takes his bottle of whisky a day and gets drunk’s a lord in the evening.

Unstressed form of des.

's

1. it (nominative and accusative)
2. this, that

's n

1. the

Unstressed form of se.

's

1. she
2. they, them

's

1. Contraction of se.

• 's is the reduced (reduïda) form of the pronoun. It is used after verbs ending with a vowel.

  Si us plau, calmi's. ― Please calm down.

's

1. (Sette Comuni) the; definite article for two declensions:
   1. nominative singular neuter
   2. accusative singular neuter

• z (Luserna)

's

1. (Sette Comuni) Alternative form of es (“it”)

• “'s” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

A clitic form of des, the genitive of the masculine and neuter singular articles de and het.

• IPA^(key): /s/

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’s

1. Contraction of des.

   ’s Konings baard ruikt naar uiensoep. ― The king's beard smells like onion soup.

   ’s morgens ― in the morning

   ’s werelds beste reisbestemming ― the world’s best travel destination

   ’s werelds mooiste zeereis ― the world’s most beautiful sea voyage

• As ’s is still conceptualized as a contraction of des, it is never capitalised, even before a proper noun or at the start of sentences. Instead, the following word is capitalised, as in 's Morgens regent het ("It rains in the morning").
• Now hardly used, except in certain cases:

  In genitive absolute phrases: ’s ochtends, ’s morgens, ’s middags, ’s avonds, ’s nachts, ’s zomers, and ’s winters.

  In other set phrases, such as placenames: ’s Hertogenbosch, ’s Gravenhage, and ’s-Heerenberg.

  With locations or entities when forming superlative phrases: ’s werelds beste kok ("the world's finest cook"), ’s lands mooiste dorp ("the country's most beautiful village").

• IPA^(key): /əs/, /s/

's

1. Clipping of eens.

’s

1. (chiefly colloquial or poetic) Contraction of das.

’s

1. (chiefly colloquial or poetic) Contraction of es.
2. (chiefly colloquial or poetic) Contraction of das.

’s

1. (colloquial) Contraction of ist.

   Synonym: is'

• -'s

’s

1. Contraction of is (“and”).

’s

1. Contraction of is (“is”).

’s

1. Contraction of a fhios (“knowledge of it”): only used in tá’s ag and similar constructions

's

1. reduced third-person plural personal pronoun
   1. (Föhr-Amrum) Reduced form of of jo (“they, them”)
   2. (Mooring, Sylt) Reduced form of of ja (“they”, in Mooring also “them”)
   3. (Mooring, Sylt) Reduced form of of jam (“them”)
2. reduced third-person singular feminine pronoun
   1. (Mooring, Sylt) Reduced form of of jü (“she”)
   2. (Mooring) Reduced form of of har (“her”)
   3. (Sylt) Reduced form of of höör (“her”)

• (she, her): 't (Föhr-Amrum)

• IPA^(key): /s̪/ (after a back vowel sound)
• IPA^(key): /ʃ/ (after a front vowel sound)

's

1. Contraction of is (“is”).

's

1. Contraction of is (“and”).

• “'s” in R. A. Armstrong, A Gaelic Dictionary, in Two Parts, London, 1825, →OCLC, page 478.