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ses

ses is the alternative spelling of sess.

ses is the plural of se.

Meaning of sess

Noun (1)

sess (plural sesses)

  1. (obsolete) A tax; an assessment.

Noun (2)

sess (plural sesses)

  1. (slang) Marijuana, weed.
    • Remedy for stress is three bags of sess / A day at my rest playin' chess, yes1994, Method Man featuring RZA, Inspectah Deck, Carlton Fisk & Streetlife,, “Mr. Sandman”, in Tical

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Meaning of se

Noun

se (plural ses)

  1. A type of ancient Chinese plucked zither.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: SES

SES

  1. (Australia, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of State Emergency Service, any of various state-based emergency service organisations, staffed by volunteers and operating within state legislation.
    • The SES in Western Australia is another operational arm of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority.2005, Michael Eburn, Emergency Law, page 101
  2. (Australia, US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Senior Executive Service, a high-ranking position classification of the civil service (public service).
    • It has often been suggested that Australian governments by adopting the SES model are gradually following United States practice where senior levels of the public service are staffed by political appointments of the president.1999, Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh, John Wanna, Patrick Moray Weller, Public Sector Management in Australia: New Challenges, New Directions, page 152
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Single European Sky.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism, cloud computing) Initialism of Simple Email Service.

Noun (1) capitalized: SES

SES (countable and uncountable, plural SESes)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of sustainer engine start.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of second engine start.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of secondary engine start.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of small Edison screw.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of socioeconomic status; the economic and social position in relation to others, based on various factors such as income, occupation and education.

Noun (2) capitalized: SEs

SEs

  1. (plural) plural of SE

Proper noun (2) capitalized: SEs

SEs

  1. (plural) plural of SE

Forms of ses

pluralSESes

Phrases with ses

Questions about ses

What is ses the alternative spelling of?
Ses is the alternative spelling of sess.
What part of speech is ses?
Ses can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near ses in the dictionary

  1. serylation
  2. seryls
  3. serynga
  4. seryngas
  5. Serzh
  6. ses
  7. sesame
  8. sesame dot
  9. sesame leaf
  10. sesame leaves
  11. sesame oil

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ses (page history and authors); SES (page history and authors); SEs (page history and authors); sess (page history and authors); se (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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