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adjective / noun

plural

PLOOR-ul/plˈʊrʌl/

Grammatical number referring to more than one person or thing.

The plural “apples” names the group of three fruits.

One apple beside a separate group of three apples, distinct singular versus plural grouping.
Etymology
plurLatinmore
+alLatinrelating to

Latin plus means “more”; with the adjective ending, plural describes what belongs to more than one. Its earliest English use was grammatical, contrasting with singular.

In context

Empire of the Mind25:13
Action, finally, is what goes on between a plural society of human beings, and to one degree or another, defines man s political life
The BEDROOM & the PROFUNDITY of Pieter De Hooch: Feat. Some Aristotle, Arendt, Jung, Seneca, & Bible

More examples

  • Most plural nouns in English end in s.
  • Use a plural verb with the subject “they.”
  • The dictionary lists two acceptable plurals for this noun.

Forms

plural · plurals

pluralize verb — To put a word into its plural form.