pronoun -'s contracted form of us (found in the formula let’s which is used to form first-person plural imperatives). 0
pronoun -'s (Britain, dialect) contracted form of as (when it is (nonstandardly) used as a relative pronoun). 0
verb -'s contracted form of is. 0
verb -'s contracted form of has. 0
verb -'s (Informal) contracted form of does (used only with the auxiliary meaning of does and only after interrogative words). 0
verb -'s (nonstandard) are. 0
suffix -'s (sometimes proscribed) Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous. 0
suffix -'s (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”. 0
suffix -'s (proscribed) Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe. 0
particle -'s Possessive marker, indicating that an object belongs to the noun phrase bearing the marker. 0
particle -'s In the absence of a specified object, used to indicate “the house/place/establishment of”. 0
particle -'s Indicates a purpose or a user. 0
noun -'s -'s is added to nouns to form possessives. However, with plural nouns ending in '-s', and sometimes with names ending in '-s', you form the possessive by adding -'. 0
noun -'s -'s is the usual spoken form of 'is'. It is added to the end of the pronoun or noun which is the subject of the verb. For example, 'he is' and 'she is' can be shortened to 'he's' and 'she's'. 0
noun -'s -'s is the usual spoken form of 'has', especially where 'has' is an auxiliary verb. It is added to the end of the pronoun or noun which is the subject of the verb. For example, 'It has gone' can be shortened to 'It's gone'. 0
noun -'s -'s is sometimes added to numbers, letters, and abbreviations to form plurals, although many people think you should just add '-s'. 0
suffix -'s -s or -es is added to a noun to form a plural. 0
suffix -'s -s or -es is added to a verb to form the third person singular, present tense. 0
suffix -'s forming the plural of most nouns 0
suffix -'s forming the third person singular present indicative tense of verbs 0
suffix -'s forming nicknames and names expressing affection or familiarity 0
suffix -'s forming the possessive of plural nouns ending in the sound s or z and of some singular nouns 0
suffix -'s forming the possessive singular of nouns and some pronouns 0
suffix -'s forming the possessive plural of nouns whose plurals do not end in -s 0
suffix -'s forming the plural of numbers, letters, or symbols 0
suffix -'s contraction of is or has 0
suffix -'s contraction of us with let 0
suffix -'s contraction of does in some questions 0
noun -'s forming the possessive singular of most nouns and noun phrases and of some pronouns 0
noun -'s forming the possessive plural of nouns whose plural does not end in s 0
noun -'s is 0
noun -'s has 0
noun -'s does 0
noun -'s us: used with the verb let in the contraction let's 0
noun -'s forming the 3d pers. sing., pres. indic., of certain verbs 0
noun -'s forming some adverbs 0
noun -'s forming the possessive plural of most nouns 0
