S


Meaning of S in English

I. ˈes noun

( plural s's or ss ˈesə̇z)

Usage: often capitalized, often attributive

1.

a. : the 19th letter of the English alphabet

b. : an instance of this letter printed, written, or otherwise represented — see long s

c. : a speech counterpart of orthographic s (as s in sister, basin, or French sang )

2. : a printer's type, a stamp, or some other instrument for reproducing the letter s

3. : someone or something arbitrarily or conveniently designated s especially as the 18th or when j is used for the 10th the 19th in order or class

4.

a.

[ satisfactory ]

: a grade assigned by a teacher or examiner rating a student's work as satisfactory

b. : one graded or rated with an s

5. : something having the shape of the letter S

an S curve in the road

II. abbreviation

Usage: often capitalized

1. sabbath

2. sacral

3. sacred

4. saeculum

5. saint

6. sand

7. satang

8. scalar

9. schilling

10. school

11. science

12. scribe

13. seaman

14. search

15. seat

16. second; secondary

17. secretary

18. section

19. see

20. semi

21. senate

22. September

23.

[Latin sepultus ]

buried

24. series

25. set

26. sharp

27. shilling

28. ship

29. side

30. sign; signed

31.

[Latin signa ]

write

32. signature

33. signor

34. silicate

35. silver

36. silversmith

37. simplex

38.

[Latin sine ]

without

39. sine

40. single

41. singular

42.

[Latin sinister ]

left

43. sink

44. sire

45. slip

46. slow

47. small

48. smooth

49. snow

50. socialist

51. society

52.

[Latin socius or sodalis ]

fellow

53. soft

54. sol

55. solid

56. solidus

57. solo

58. solubility

59. son

60. soprano

61. sou

62. south; southerly; southern

63. special

64. species

65. speed

66. sphere; spherical

67. staff

68. standard

69. station

70. statute

71. steamer

72. steel

73. stem

74. stere

75. stock

76. straight

77. subito

78. subject

79. submarine

80. substantive

81. succeeded

82. sucre

83. sun

84. superb

85. superior

86. surfaced

87. surplus

88. survey

89. switch

90. symmetrical

III. symbol

Usage: capitalized

1. sulfur

2. entropy

3. the subject of a proposition in logic

IV. abbreviation

siemens herein

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.