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-'s
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Meaning -'s meaning
What does -'s mean?
-'s
particle
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Possessive marker, indicating that an object belongs to the noun or noun phrase bearing the marker.
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In the absence of a specified object, used to indicate “the house/place/establishment of”.
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Indicates a purpose or a user.
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Used to indicate a quantity of something, especially of time.
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the house/place/establishment of
-'s
suffix
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(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.
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(obsolete) Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.
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(proscribed) Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.