Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A prefix of Latin origin, being a French or other Romance modification of Latin ex-.
  • noun The nominative singular termination of some Latin nouns and adjectives of the third declension. Examples of such nouns, used in New Latin or English, are tabes, pubes.
  • noun The nominative plural termination of Latin masculine and feminine nouns and adjectives of the third declension. Examples of such nouns, used in New Latin or English, are Aves, Pisces, fasces.
  • An abbreviation of east-southeast.
  • noun An apparent prefix, of Romance origin, being radical initial s before another consonant, preceded by a slight euphonic vowel, as in escalade, esquire, especial, estate, estray, of ultimate Latin origin, and escarp, eschew, etc., of Teutonic origin, some of which have also forms (original or aphetic) without the e-, as scutcheon, squire, special, state, stray, etc., while some with original (Old French or Middle English) es- have only s-in modern English, as scrivener, spiritual, strain, etc.
  • noun The early form of the possessive or genitive case singular, now regularly written 's, but still pronounced as -es (-ez) after a sibilant, namely, s, z, sh, ch (= tsh), j, written -dge, -ge (= dzh), x (= ks), as in lass's, pace's, horse's, rose's, bush's, church's, hedge's, fox's, etc. (formerly written lasses, paces, horses, roses, bushes, churches, hedges, foxes, etc.), words forced to conform in spelling to other words, like boy's, man's, etc. (formerly written boys, mans, etc.), where the e is actually suppressed in pronunciation; in Middle English and earlier the suffix was regularly -es, which still remains in possessives like horses (Anglo-Saxon and Middle English horses), guides (Middle English gides), now written with the apostrophe, like other words, horse's, guide's. See -s.
  • noun In music, E♭.
  • noun See ess.
  • noun The earlier form of the now more common plural suffix -s, retained after a sibilant (like the phonetically similar possessive suffix: see -es), as in lasses, paces, horses, roses, bushes, churches, hedges, foxes, etc.
  • noun The earlier form of -s, the suffix of the third person singular of the present indicative of verbs, retained after a vowel, as in huzzaes, goes, does, etc. When the infinitive ends in silent e, the personal suffix is regarded, orthographically, as simply -s, but it is historically -es, the infinitive -e being dropped before inflectional suffixes, as in rues, endues, etc., defies, supplies, accompanies, etc., infinitive rue, endue, defy, accompany, etc., the termination -y being formerly -ie.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun the chemical symbol for einsteinium, a transuranic element with atomic number 99. The atomic weight of the longest-lived isotope, with a half-life of 276 days, is 254. The first isotope discovered, having atomic weight 253 and a half-life of 20 days, was recognized in 1952 in the debris from a hydrogen bomb test. As much as 3 micrograms of einsteinium were produced by a complex process involving long irradiation of plutonium isotopes in nuclear reactors. Its chemical properties are those of a trivalent actinide element.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun chemistry Symbol for einsteinium.
  • noun metrology Symbol for the exasecond, an SI unit of time equal to 1018 seconds.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons

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Examples

  • The dress says "Fuck off I don't sell E's" (I'll tell her when I see her that Es is not a possessive and does not require an apostrophe, but I was off duty at the time).

    Archive 2007-04-01 Jonathan 2007

  • The dress says "Fuck off I don't sell E's" (I'll tell her when I see her that Es is not a possessive and does not require an apostrophe, but I was off duty at the time).

    Just say no Jonathan 2007

  • James Scott lives in L.A. Carol Es is inspired by his work and enjoys his friendship, read more about this, here.

    Vitro Nasu » 2006 » July 2006

  • James Scott lives in L.A. Carol Es is inspired by his work and enjoys his friendship, read more about this, here.

    The Son Also Rises – James Scott 2006

  • There's really not a helluva lot going on in lakeside that's worth a newspaper article, so a few B&Es is fuel for the grist mill.

    Let's Be Careful Out There-Chula Vista Robberies 2003

  • The descent of the Anti-Lebanon we did at a good pace, but it seemed a long time until we landed on the plain Es Sáhará.

    The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897

  • The "borders" here are equivalent to "rows" (So 1: 10); but here, the King seems to give the finish to her attire, by adding a crown (borders, or circles) of gold studded with silver spots, as in Es 2: 17.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • Persian kings never did take any step whatever; and the persons named in Es 1: 14 were the "seven counsellors" (compare Ezr 7: 14) who formed the state ministry.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • His program note explains the gyrations: "In L.S.O., L equals the solfège syllable la, which is the note A; S becomes the note that is known as Es pronounced s in German, which is what English speakers call E flat; and O elides with the preceding S to suggest the solfège syllable sol, which is the note G."

    NYT > Home Page By JAMES R. OESTREICH 2011

  • Purane Es is half mindless, vengeful jerk and half romantic poet who is forced to obey his father’s wishes.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

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