Es

Symbol, Chemistry.

einsteinium.

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Definition for es (2 of 6)

E, e

[ ee ]

/ i /

noun, plural E's or Es, e's or es.

the fifth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.

any spoken sound represented by the letter E or e, as in met, meet, mere, etc.

something having the shape of an E.

a written or printed representation of the letter E or e.

a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter E or e.

Definition for es (3 of 6)

E.S.

Education Specialist.

Definition for es (4 of 6)

-es¹

a plural suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek: Hyades.

Origin of -es

From the Greek suffix -es

Definition for es (5 of 6)

-es²

variant of -s² in verbs ending in s, z, ch, sh, or post-consonantal y: passes; buzzes; pitches; dashes; studies.

Definition for es (6 of 6)

-es³

variant of -s³ in nouns ending in s, z, ch, sh, or post-consonantal y, and in nouns in f with v in the plural: losses; fuzzes; riches; ashes; babies; sheaves.

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Example sentences from the Web for es

“Es iz a shandeh,” Yudof said and quickly started to translate.
Look Who's Talking Yiddish!||July 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
This is precisely why ES cells can be patented as “inventions.”
Does Research Really Need Human Embryos and Cloning?|Dr. Maureen L. Condic|April 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Wie es denn nicht anders sein kann bei einer Entwicklung der Kreatur aus sich selbst.
Natural Law in the Spiritual World|Henry Drummond
Substantives of French origin take a genitive in -es or -s, and remain unchanged in the dat.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 (of 7) -- Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes|Geoffrey Chaucer

La biblioteca, fija o giratoria, es muy comn en las casas de la gente educada.
Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader|Ernesto Nelson
Pero antes que lo conjuguemos, es preciso advertir el riguroso Subjuntivo de esta lengua, si me puedo explicar asi.
A Vocabulary or Phrase Book of the Mutsun Language, Spoken at the Mission of San Juan Bautista, Alta California|Father Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta
This is shown by the frequent employment of -es as the person ending of the verb in the present tense, plural number.
Early English Alliterative Poems|Various

British Dictionary definitions for es (1 of 4)

the internet domain name for

Spain

British Dictionary definitions for es (2 of 4)

the chemical symbol for

einsteinium

British Dictionary definitions for es (3 of 4)

abbreviation for

El Salvador (international car registration)

British Dictionary definitions for es (4 of 4)

-es

suffix

for nouns ending in ch, s, sh, z, postconsonantal y, for some nouns ending in a vowel, and nouns in f with v in the plural, a variant of -s 1 ashes; heroes; calves

for verbs ending in ch, s, sh, z, postconsonantal y, or a vowel, a variant of -s 1 preaches; steadies; echoes

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Medical definitions for es

The symbol for the elementeinsteinium

Scientific definitions for es (1 of 4)

The symbol for einsteinium.

Scientific definitions for es (2 of 4)

[ ē ]

An irrational number, with a numerical value of 2.718281828459.... It is mathematically defined as the limit of (1 + 1n)n as n grows infinitely large. It is the base of natural logarithms and has many applications in mathematics, especially in expressions involving exponential growth and decay.

Scientific definitions for es (3 of 4)

The symbol for energy.

The symbol for modulus of elasticity.

Scientific definitions for es (4 of 4)