-es

¹ American  

1. a plural suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek.

   Hyades.

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-es ² American  

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

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-es ³ American  

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

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Es ⁴ American  

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. einsteinium.

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E.S. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Education Specialist.

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-es ¹ British  

suffix

1. 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

2. 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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ES ² British  

abbreviation

1. El Salvador (international car registration)

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Es ³ British  

symbol

1. einsteinium

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es ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. Spain

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Etymology

Origin of -es

From the Greek suffix -es

Example Sentences

CIR found evidence of newly disturbed earth between November 2 and 5 at Kondo cemetery near Dar es Salaam -- a location that a senior government official, angry over the crackdown, had told AFP was the possible site of a mass grave.

From Barron's

In 1967, Museveni left Uganda to attend the University of Dar es Salaam in neighbouring Tanzania.

From BBC

Museveni studied in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in the 1960s when the university acted as a kind of revolutionary finishing school for anti-colonialists.

From Barron's

Western Digital and Seagate trade at P/Es in the low 20s, still a slight discount to the market, despite forecasts for rapturous earnings growth.

From Barron's

About 60% of the U.S. population report a preference for introversion, according to Myers-Briggs Co., the company known for a personality-assessment test that begins by separating the Is from the Es.

From The Wall Street Journal