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plural Definition

plu·ral (plo̵or′əl)

adjective

  1. of or including more than one
  2. of, involving, or being one of, a plurality of persons or things plural marriage
  3. Gram. designating or of the category of number that refers to more than one person or thing, or in languages having dual number, more than two

Etymology: ME < L pluralis < plus (gen. pluris), more: see plus

noun

  1. the plural number
  2. the plural form of a word
  3. a word in plural form

plural Synonyms

plural

modif.

  1. Concerning more than one

    few, a number of, abundant; see many.

  2. Concerning plural marriage

    bigamous, digamous, polygamous, polyandrous, morganatic.

plural Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • include: Reference in these articles to the singular shall be deemed to include the plural.
  • indicate: Speech will sound like a series of vowel sounds; word endings, which indicate plurals and tenses, will be missing.
  • note: Note the plural for 'temple ' in the title alluding to the buildings of Solomon, Zerubabbel and Herod.

Adjective modifier

  • irregular: Firstly, the children participated in Literacy lessons concerning regular and irregular plurals.
  • third: The passages in Mark related in the third person plural might have been Peter's own words.
  • correct: Correct plurals - click on ' s ' of plural nouns 11.
  • English: People sometimes think that to form an English plural you just add ' s ' .

Modifies a noun

  • noun: My webpage does not cover possessive plural nouns, a whole new can of worms!
  • pronoun: Or did Allah use the first person plural pronoun " We " in announcing the tidings of John?
  • verb: Number can take a singular or plural verb depending on the context.
  • ending: Test yourself on singular and plural endings for quantities by taking this multiple-choice exercise.
  • marker: The oblique plural is turned into a generalized plural marker.
  • voting: In September 1889, however, Sir George Gray succeeded in getting parliament to abolish the last remnant of plural voting.

Modifying Another Word

  • increasingly: Whither public policy in the context of an increasingly plural society?
  • usually: As the effects are usually plural and complex, " function " is a fairly fuzzy " word.

Noun used with modifier

  • noun: You will start with 60 questions on noun plurals.
  • person: The passages in Mark related in the third person plural might have been Peter's own words.

Preposition: of

  • noun: There are more than 20 ways of forming the plural of nouns in Italian, which is an obstacle for many students.
  • majesty: Anyway, I am not convinced that a plural of majesty ever existed.
  • word: If no wildcard is used, the search will look for exact word matches and for the plural of the words entered.