suff. Used to form plural nouns: letters; ashes. [Middle English -es, -s, from Old English -es, -as, nominative and accusative pl. suff.] |
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Tweet abbr. 1. Football safety 2. Bible Samuel 3. satisfactory 4. Saturday 5. Sports shot 6. siemens 7. small 8. soprano 9. a. south b. southern 10. Baseball strike 11. Sports striker 12. Sunday |
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Tweet abbr. 1. second (unit of time) 2. Mathematics second (of arc) 3. stere 4. strange quark |
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Tweet suff. Used to form adverbs: They were caught unawares. He works nights. [Middle English -es, -s, genitive sing. suff., from Old English -es.] |
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Tweet 1. Is: She's here. 2. Has: He's arrived. 3. Does: What's he want? 4. Us: Let's go. |
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Tweet suff. Used to form the possessive case of singular nouns, plural nouns that do not end in s, certain pronouns, and phrases that function as nouns or pronouns: nation's; women's; another's; the girl next door's cat. [Middle English -s, -es, from Old English -es, genitive sing. suff.] |
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Tweet abbr. 1. saint 2. sea 3. Medicine signature 4. a. signor b. signore |
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Tweet abbr. 1. section 2. shilling 3. singular 4. sire 5. solo 6. son 7. substantive |
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