's

an ending used in writing to represent the possessive morpheme after most singular nouns, some plural nouns, especially those not ending in a letter or combination of letters representing an s or z sound, noun phrases, and noun substitutes, as in man's, women's, baby's, James's, witness's, (or witness'), king of England's, or anyone's.

Words nearby 's

'ndrangheta, 'nuff, 'que, 're, 'roo, 's, 's gravenhage, 's hertogenbosch, 'sblood, 'sdeath, 'shun

Origin of 's

Middle English -es, Old English

Definition for 's (2 of 5)

's²

contraction of is: She's here.

contraction of does: What's he do for a living now?

contraction of has: He's just gone.

usage note for 's

See contraction.

Definition for 's (3 of 5)

's³

Archaic.

a contraction of God's, as in 'swounds; 'sdeath; 'sblood.

Definition for 's (4 of 5)

's⁴

a contraction of us, as in Let's go.

usage note for 's

See contraction.

Definition for 's (5 of 5)

's⁵

a contraction of as, as in so's to get there on time.