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PRONUNCIATION OF LONG S

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LONG S

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Long s is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LONG S MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Long s

The long, medial, or descending s is a form of the minuscule letter s, which was formerly used where s occurred in the middle or at the beginning of a word. The modern letterform was called the terminal, round, or short s.

Definition of long s in the English dictionary

The definition of long s in the dictionary is a lower-case s, printed ʃ, formerly used in handwriting and printing Also called: long ess.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LONG S

long measure
long metre
long moss
Long Parliament
long pig
long play
long primer
long purse
long radius
long ream
long shot
long stop
long suit
long tail
long term
long tin
long tom
long ton
long trousers
long vacation

Synonyms and antonyms of long s in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «long s» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LONG S

Find out the translation of long s to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of long s from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «long s» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

渴望着
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

s largos
570 millions of speakers

English

long s
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लंबे समय है
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ق طويلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

длинные с
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

longo s
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দীর্ঘ এস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

s long
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lama s
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lange s
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

長いの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

긴 의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Long s
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

s dài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீண்ட காலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लांब एस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Uzun s
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lunghe s
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

długie s
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

довгі з
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

s lungi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μακριά s
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lang s
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

långt s
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lange s
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of long s

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LONG S»

The term «long s» is regularly used and occupies the 82.993 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LONG S» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «long s» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «long s» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about long s

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LONG S»

Discover the use of long s in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to long s and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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See MIPS Run
TABLE 8.2 continued Assembly/Machine Code Description dmulou d,s,t => dmultu s,t mfhi $at mflo d tne $at,$zero,0x6 Unsigned multiply, take an exception on overflow. hilo = (long long) s * (long long) t; if (hi != 0) exception(BREAK,6); d = lo; ...
Dominic Sweetman, 2010
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Designing Type
For example, 'Mafie' means 'measure' (in the sense of dimensions), but 'Masse' means 'mass'. There are two main design variations for the eszett. ln both variations, the left side of the ligature is derived from the long s. The long s resembles a ...
Karen Cheng, 2006
3
GEORGE S LONG (cl)
LITTLE BY LITTLE, GEORGE LONG S ROLE WAS ENLARG- ing. As the years passed, he served with increasing effectiveness both his company and his industry. Foremost were his efforts to establish a new organization to serve as an  ...
Twinig C
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Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary
Hml. V, 1, 158. long s. = a) long ago: long s. thy husband served me in my wars, Err. V, 161. for the service that long s. I did thee, now grant me justice, 191. Joined to substantives, = long past: what eanst thou boast of things long s. Ven.
Alexander Schmidt, 2012
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Flora of Alberta: A Manual of Flowering Plants, Conifers, ...
1 Glumes 15-40 mm long; lemma 8-20 mm long 2 Glumes 8-10 mm long; lemma 4-6 mm long 4 2 Lemma evenly pubescent above callus, 8-15 mm long, its awn very slender and flexuous, indistinctly geniculate; glumes 15-28 mm long S.
Ezra Henry Moss, John G. Packer, 1983
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The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of ...
... carry violet, cream-colored, and yellow, funnel-shaped blooms, hairy on their outsides and IV2 to 2 inches long. S. par- viflorus is the smallest flowered of the kinds closely allied to S. rexii. Like that species it has horizontal rhizomes, rosettes ...
Thomas H. Everett, 1982
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Sentential Form and Prosodic Structure of Catalan
The most robust (S)(VO) realizations arise in the long S/long O condition; nearly all examples are realized with a break after the subject (97%). Interestingly, only in the short S/long O condition is its value comparatively low. It comes to only ...
Ingo Feldhausen, 2010
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Anglo-Saxon Exeter: A Tenth-century Cultural History
The low s in the 'Exeter Book' fits the development of the letter in the middle third of the tenth century.83 j*: The morphology of long s was unvaried through the tenth century; it consisted of a small wedge developed from an attack-stroke from  ...
Patrick W. Conner, 1993
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Shakespeare Lexicon
a) long ago: long s. thy husband served me in my wars, Err. V, 161. for the service that long s. I da thee, now grant me justice, 191. Joined to substantives, = long past: what canst thou boast of things long s. Ven. 1078. what wealth she had in ...
Alexander Schmidt, 2007
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Medical Nutrition Therapy: A Case Study Approach
Escott-Stump S. Nutrition and Diagnosis-Related Care, 6th ed. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2008. Karalis M, Pavlinac JM, Goldstein-Fuchs J. Diseases of the renal system. In: Nelms M, Sucher K, Long S. Nutrition Therapy and ...
Marcia Nelms, Sara Long Roth, Karen Lacey, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LONG S»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term long s is used in the context of the following news items.
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What Does It Mean to Sound Gay?
The stereotypical affectations we associate with gay men (what linguists call micro-variations) are: clearer and longer vowels, long S'es, clearer ... «The New Republic, Jul 15»
2
BACK IN TIME: Ranching region was home to Comanches, first area …
His Long S brand was well-known throughout Texas and in other states and it was said that more cattle had gone to market wearing the Long S ... «Odessa American, Jul 15»
3
Remarkable Spacecraft Still Going Strong
It not only completed its five-year mission that included a year of photographing and studying every square foot of the 20-mile-long S-class ... «Daily Reckoning, Jun 15»
4
Market Alert: Key indices holding support thus far, DOW staying …
The Nasdaq never breached support under 4400. As long s the indices hold these levels, the market remains in the range with the down-side ... «CFD Trading, Jun 15»
5
New Film Asks If 'Gay Voice' Is The Last Vestige Of Internalized …
Take some longer vowels, mix in some clearer L's, don't forget the lispy long S's, and overarticulate your Ps, Ts, and Ks. Then, maybe toss in a ... «ThinkProgress, Jun 15»
6
Snarled traffic in California makes me grateful for a short commute at …
It's prettiest at night, when the car headlights shape a long S on the road below, like a long chain of fireflies. My only other trip here involved ... «AL.com, Jun 15»
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Short JPYINR, long USDINR: ICICIdirect
ICICIdirect.com has advised to short JPYINR & long S$INR. "Weakness in Japanese Yen towards 130 likely to drag JPYINR towards 49… «Moneycontrol.com, May 15»
8
Indie Film Masaan Gets a 5-Minute Long Standing Ovation at Cannes
Indians had more than just Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor and Katrina Kaif to make them proud at the 68th Cannes Film Festival. «iDiva.com, May 15»
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New exhibit offers greater look at Huey Long's life, assassination
Huey Long served as Louisiana governor, U.S. senator, and was planning a run for the White House in 1936 when he was assassinated. «UPI.com, Apr 15»
10
Sprint: When Bulls Run With Bears
Disclosure: The author is long S. (More...)The author wrote this article themselves, and it expresses their own opinions. The author is not ... «Seeking Alpha, Jan 15»

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