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How to pronounce plural in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms plural form
Type of form, signifier, word form, descriptor
Type Words
Derivation plurality
Type Words

Examples of plural

plural
Ten years ago, the United States had two independent minyanim, plural of minyan.
From the kansas.com
The United States is one of the few countries in the world whose name is plural.
From the abcnews.go.com
Nor does the supreme leader's largesse extend to allowing a more plural society.
From the economist.com
CarbonWaster says below that the plural of anecdote is not data, and he's right.
From the economist.com
The plural expresses the many ways in which we can think of mind and its origin.
From the npr.org
The term is both singular and plural, i.e. the plural of ironworks is ironworks.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Until 1948, the plural of cent used on coins was centen, after that it was cent.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Early Modern English distinguished between the plural you and the singular thou.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In a plural basically liberal society, such as ours, it's a question of balance.
From the markvernon.com
More examples
  • The form of a word that is used to denote more than one
  • Composed of more than one member, set, or kind
  • Grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units
  • In linguistics, plurality or [a] plural is a concept of quantity (i.e., grammatical number) representing a value of more-than-one. Typically applied to nouns, a plural word or marker (morpheme) is used distinguish a value other than the default quantity of a noun, which is typically one. ...
  • : a word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form; More than one of something
  • (plurally) In a plural manner or fashion
  • More than one, two or more things (for instance: two dogs, some rockets)
  • Chilies, chiles, chillies, or (chile, chili, chilli) peppers
  • How this entry will appear in the document text where the plural form is required. If this key is omitted, the value is obtained by appending the letter ``s'' to the value of the text key.