As a letter s
is the letter s with a.
As a verb emphasise is
(british).
s
Translingual
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(
wikipedia s)
Letter
The nineteenth letter of the .
Symbol
(
wikipedia)
(
mul-symbol)
voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
See also
(
Latn-script)
*
* (esh)
* (dze)
*
{{Letter
, page=S
, NATO=Sierra
, Morse=ยทยทยท
, Character=S
, Braille=?
}}
Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur
Symbols for SI units
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emphasise
English
Verb
(emphasis)
(British)
Usage notes
The "s" spelling has co-existed with the "z" spelling for at least 150 years (Thackeray wrote
emphasised ), and is becoming more common in the UK, with the "z" spelling gradually falling out of usage.
British English forms
