Pronunciations (4)
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/s/
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/z/
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/ɪz/
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/əz/
Suffix
Used to form regular plurals of nouns.
Usage- morpheme
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More examples (1)
one computer → five computers; Kennedy → Kennedys; hanger-on → hangers-on; lapful → lapfuls; cul-de-sac → cul-de-sacs; standby → standbys; push-up → push-ups; gin and tonic → gin and tonics; pair → pairs; beef → beefs
Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).
Usage- morpheme
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shorts
sunglasses
Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms). Forms names of sciences and fields of studies from adjectives (See Usage notes)
Usage- morpheme
When appended to a number ending in at least one 0, expresses a range of numbers which share the digits before some or (usually) all of the 0s; frequently used for decades, centuries and temperatures.
Usage- morpheme
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We often look back on the 1960s [the years from 1960 to 1969] with rose-tinted glasses.
The Industrial Revolution went into full-swing during the 1800s [the years from 1800 to 1899 – but see usage notes].
More examples (3)
The temperature today will be in the low 30s.
He placed in the 200s in the end.
High indicators of PFAS (in the 500s) were also found in a Chick-fil-A sandwich wrapper and in fiber bowls at Cava, a Mediterranean restaurant chain. Indicator levels in the 300s and 400s were found in a bag of cookies at Arby’s, bamboo paper plates at Stop & Shop, and in a bag for both cookies and French toast sticks at Burger King. Levels of PFAS indicators in the 200s were found in a Sweetgreen paper bag for focaccia, additional items at Cava, and in bags for french fries, cookies and Chicken McNuggets at McDonald’s.
Suffix
Used to form the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.
Usage- morpheme
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to eat → he eats
Used in various other indicative present tenses
Usage- dialectal
- morpheme
- nonstandard
- Examples
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I likes what I likes
Suffix
Used in the formation of certain English adverbs.
Usage- morpheme
- Examples
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forward + -s → forwards
downward + -s → downwards
More examples (11)
alway + -s → always
sometime + -s → sometimes
betime + -s → betimes
while + -s → whiles
betide + -s → betides
toward + -s → towards
beside + -s → besides
evening + -s → evenings
unaware + -s → unawares
Sunday + -s → Sundays
night + -s → nights
Suffix
Possessive marker, indicating that an object belongs to the word bearing the marker.
Usage- morpheme
- Examples
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hers; its; ones (now one’s); theirs
(neopronouns): eirs; hirs; pers; thons; xyrs; zirs
Suffix
Hypocoristic suffix
Usage- Colloquial
- Humorous
- Informal
- morpheme
- sometimes
- Related words
- Examples
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Babs; moms; pops; homes; toots