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1. plural
adjective. ['ˈplʊrəl'] grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units.
Antonyms
Etymology
- plurelle (Middle English (1100-1500))
- plurel (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
Rhymes with Plural
- intramural
- neural
- mural
- gural
- rural
How do you pronounce plural?
Pronounce plural as ˈplʊrəl.
US - How to pronounce plural in American English
UK - How to pronounce plural in British English
Sentences with plural
1. Adjective
File any company with possessive or plural apostrophes as if they were absent.
2. Noun, singular or mass
The top two chambers are called the right and left atria (the plural of atrium).
Quotes about plural
1. Why not spend that time on art: painting, sculpting, charcoal, pastel, oils? Are words or numbers more important than images? Who decides this? Does algebra move you to tears? Can plural possessives express the feelings in your heart? If you don't learn art now, you will never learn to breathe!
- Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
2. ...reality is always plural and mutable.
- Robert Anton Wilson, Cosmic Trigger Volume I: Final Secret of the Illuminati
3. The plural of anecdote is not data.
- Marc Bekoff