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plural

plu·ral
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ploo r-uh l]
    • /ˈplʊər əl/
    • /ˈplʊə.rəl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ploo r-uh l]
    • /ˈplʊər əl/

Definitions of plural word

  • adjective plural consisting of, containing, or pertaining to more than one. 1
  • adjective plural pertaining to or involving a plurality of persons or things. 1
  • adjective plural being one of such a plurality. 1
  • adjective plural Grammar. noting or pertaining to a member of the category of number, found in many languages, indicating that a word has more than one referent, as in English men, or more than two referents, as in Old English ge, meaning “you.”. 1
  • noun plural the plural number. 1
  • noun plural a form in the plural. 1
See all 21 definitions of plural

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Origin of plural

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin plūrālis, equivalent to plūr-, stem of plūs plus + -alis -al1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Plural

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Plural

plural popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

plural usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for plural

adj plural

  • a few — small number of
Just one Synonym for plural

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Related words

  • noun

    any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group. See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase. Synonyms: substantive, name.

  • data

    You can refer to information as data, especially when it is in the form of facts or statistics that you can analyse. In American English, data is usually a plural noun. In technical or formal British English, data is sometimes a plural noun, but at other times, it is an uncount noun.

  • neither

    not either; not the one or the other: Neither statement is true.

  • each

    every one of two or more considered individually or one by one: each stone in a building; a hallway with a door at each end.

  • either

    Used before the first of two (or occasionally more ) alternatives that are being specified (the other being introduced by “ or ”).

  • pair

    two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together: a pair of gloves; a pair of earrings.
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