(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Your ~s are your strong hopes or beliefs that something will happen or that you will get something that you want.
Students’ ~s were as varied as their expertise...
The car has been General Motors’ most visible success story, with sales far exceeding ~s...
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
2.
A person’s ~s are strong beliefs which they have about the proper way someone should behave or something should happen.
Stephen Chase had determined to live up to the ~s of the Company.
N-COUNT: usu pl