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sweets

sweets is the plural of sweet.

sweets is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sweet.

Noun (1)

sweets pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Confectionery, candy.
  2. (plural, plural-only, slang) Drugs, amphetamine.
  3. (plural, plural-only) Sweet-scented flowers.
    • Sweets to the sweet! Farewell.
      She scatters flowersc. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
    • ...she dropped the flowers which Evelyn had given her. Before she even perceived her loss, the King had picked them up, and was about to give them to her, when he perceived the note, and also observed that the seal was yet unbroken. "Mademoiselle has not had time to read a letter so surrounded by...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 259

Meaning of sweet

Noun

sweet (countable and uncountable, plural sweets)

  1. (uncountable) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
    Synonyms:
    sweetness
  2. (India, UK, countable, especially) A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.
  3. (UK, countable, especially) A food eaten for dessert.
    • Can we see the sweet menu, please?
    Synonyms:
    dessert
  4. Synonym of sweetheart, a term of affection.
    • VVherefore frovvnes my ſvveet? / Haue I too long bene abſent from theſe lips, / This cheeke, theſe eyes?1611, Ben[jamin] Jonson, Catiline His Conspiracy, London: […] [William Stansby?] for Walter Burre, →OCLC, Act I, signature B2, verso
    Synonyms:
    sweetheart
  5. (obsolete) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume.
    • a wilderness of sweets1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  6. (obsolete) Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses.
    • Fear's fire to fervency, which makes love's sweet prove nectar.1613, John Marston, William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess, III.2

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Noun (2)

sweets (plural sweets)

  1. A term of endearment; sweetheart.
    • I miss you, sweets.

Forms of sweets

pluralsweets

Words formed from sweets

Phrases with sweets

Questions about sweets

What does sweets mean?
Sweets means confectionery, candy.
What is sweets the plural of?
Sweets is the plural of sweet.
What part of speech is sweets?
Sweets is a noun.
What is the plural of sweets?
The plural of sweets is sweets.

Words near sweets in the dictionary

  1. sweetpeas
  2. sweetpotato
  3. sweetpotatoes
  4. sweetroot
  5. sweetroots
  6. sweets
  7. Sweetser
  8. Sweetsers
  9. sweetshop
  10. sweetshops
  11. sweetshrub

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