(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If something has a ~ on a situation or event, it is relevant to it.
Experts generally agree that diet has an important ~ on your general health...
My father’s achievements really don’t have any ~ on what I do.
= influence
PHRASE: V inflects
2.
Someone’s ~ is the way in which they move or stand. (LITERARY)
She later wrote warmly of his ~ and behaviour.
N-SING: usu poss N
3.
If you take a ~ with a compass, you use it to work out the direction in which a particular place lies or in which something is moving.
= reading
N-COUNT
4.
If you get your ~s or find your ~s, you find out where you are or what you should do next. If you lose your ~s, you do not know where you are or what you should do next.
A sightseeing tour of the city is included to help you get your ~s...
PHRASE: V inflects
5.
Bearings are small metal balls that are placed between moving parts of a machine in order to make them move smoothly and easily over each other.
An oil seal was replaced, along with both front wheel ~s.
N-COUNT: usu pl
see also ball ~