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s.

s. is the abbreviation of shilling.

s. is the abbreviation of season.

s. is the abbreviation of south.

s. is the abbreviation of substantive.

s. is the abbreviation of southern.

s. is the abbreviation of single.

Meaning of shilling

Noun

shilling (plural shillings)

  1. (historical) A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling.
    • A great bargain also had been[…]the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings...1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans...
  2. The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
  3. (US, historical) A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
  4. (US, historical, New York and some other states) The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.

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Meaning of season

Noun

season (plural seasons)

  1. Each of the divisions of a year based on the prevailing weather: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; or the rainy (monsoon) and dry season, depending on the climate.
    • we saw, in six days' traveling, the several seasons of the year in their beauty and perfectionc. 1705, Joseph Addison, Remarks on several parts of Italy, &c. in the years 1701, 1702, 1703
    Synonyms:
    yeartide, yeartime
  2. A period of the year when something particular happens.
    • mating season
    Synonyms:
    time
  3. A period of the year in which a place is most busy or frequented for business, amusement, etc.
    • He seldom was seen in the office himself, but occasionally a paragraph in the paper recorded that his yacht had touched at Mentone and that he had been seen at the Monte Carlo tables, or that he was expected in Leicestershire for the season.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
  4. (metonymically, pars pro toto) A year, but with emphasis on the most important part of the year in context, such as the months when plants or animals grow and reproduce.
    • This invasive species reproduces so rapidly that it can completely take over an area in just a couple seasons.
  5. The period over which a series of Test matches are played.
  6. (obsolete) That which gives relish; seasoning.
    • O! she is fallen
      Into a pit of ink, that the wide sea
      Hath drops too few to wash her clean again,
      And salt too little which may season give
      To her foul-tainted flesh.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Noun capitalized: S.

S. (plural SS.)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Saint.
    • Have you forgotten S. Hierome's and Ruffinus's deadly foehood which was rung over the world?c. 1642, William Bedell, letter
    • The Holy Apostles, 1379: Beloved Disciple, Holy Apostles, S. Andrew, S. Barnabas, S. Bartholomew, S. James, S. James the Greater, S. James the Less, S. John, S. John the Divine, S. John the Evangelist, S. Matthew, S. Matthias, S. Paul, S. Peter, SS. Peter and Paul, S. Peter in Galilee, S. Philip...1891, On the Dedications of American Churches: An Enquiry into the Naming of Churches in the United States, some Account of English Dedications, and Suggestions for future Dedications in the American...
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Signor.
  3. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Signore.
  4. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of South.
  5. (US, abbreviation) Abbreviation of Senate.
    • On behalf of AMAC Action, the advocacy affiliate of the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC), with over 2 million members nationwide, I write to thank you for your principled leadership in advancing S. 2651, the Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act of 2025.2025 August 25, Andrew J. Mangione Jr., “AMAC Supports Bill to Increase Affordable Housing in America”, in Association of Mature American Citizens

Adjective capitalized: S.

S.

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Southern.

Forms of s.

pluralSS.

Phrases with s.

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Questions about s.

What is s. the abbreviation of?
S. is the abbreviation of shilling.
What part of speech is s.?
S. can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of s.?
The plural of s. is SS..

Words near s. in the dictionary

  1. S-Video
  2. S-wave
  3. S-waves
  4. s-word
  5. s-words
  6. s.
  7. S. A.
  8. S. A. T.
  9. S. Afr.
  10. S. Am.
  11. S. Austl.

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