plural Hear it!

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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.


Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

plural Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • include: Reference in these articles to the singular shall be deemed to include the plural.

Adjective modifier

  • irregular: Firstly, the children participated in Literacy lessons concerning regular and irregular plurals.

Modifies a noun

  • noun: My webpage does not cover possessive plural nouns, a whole new can of worms!

Modifying Another Word

  • increasingly: Whither public policy in the context of an increasingly plural society?

Noun used with modifier

  • noun: You will start with 60 questions on noun plurals.

Preposition: of

  • noun: There are more than 20 ways of forming the plural of nouns in Italian, which is an obstacle for many students.
plural usage examples (more)

The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.

plural quotes

World is crazier and more of it than we think, Incorrigibly plural. McNeil

-MacNeice, (Frederick) Louis

plural quotes (more)

Webster's New World Dictionary of Quotations Copyright © 2005 by Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Published by Wiley, Hoboken, NJ. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Link to this page:

Cite this page:

MLA Style

"plural." Webster's New World College Dictionary. 2009

  • Your Dictionary. 5 July 2009
  • <www.yourdictionary.com/plural>

APA Style

plural. (2009). In Webster's New World College Dictionary

  • Retrieved July 5th, 2009, from www.yourdictionary.com/plural

Comments:

Please or Register to post a comment