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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
plural/ˈplʊərəl/
▶adjective
- 1 Grammar (of a word or form) denoting more than one, or (in languages with dual number) more than two.
■ more than one in number.
- 2 containing several diverse elements: a plural society.
■ the plural number.
– derivatives
plurally adverb.
plurally adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr. plurel or L. pluralis, from plus, plur- ‘more’.
'plural' also found in these Oxford entries:
-a
- abdabs
- abducens nerves
- accessory nerves
- accounts payable
- accounts receivable
- ackers
- acrobatics
- action stations
- adenoids
- adnexa
- -ae
- aerobatics
- aerobics
- aerodynamics
- aeronautics
- aesthetics
- Africana
- afterpains
- afters
- agenda
- agnolotti
- airwaves
- Albigenses
- alexanders
- -alia
- allomorph
- almond eyes
- alms
- aloe
- alternate angles
- amaretti
- amends
- Americana
- Amish
- -ana
- analects
- ancient lights
- angels on horseback
- angel wings
- angle shades
- animal spirits
- animatronics
- annals
- annates
- antics
- Antipodes
- antitrade winds
- apices
- Apocrypha
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"Double [noun] - plural form?
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"Looks" - singular or plural?
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"Mother of all" + plural noun
"noise" in the plural?
"son of a bitch" plural
"weaker" as a plural subject?
100 students received a report/reports from their schools/school [plural or sing.]
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a gaggle of people +singular /plural verb?
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'processing and interpretation' plural or single verb
'singular or plural' and 'preposition in or for'
'two of them', singular or plural
(Plural) is (singular).
(singular or plural) jeans, pants
(writing classification) according to+ singular or plural n.
>> Topic summary: There's with a plural noun phrase <<Incomplete>>
"A, along with B" - singular or plural?
"Any" and the "plural" of "countable" nouns
"area" in plural form
"Art" - singular or plural?
"Associates" are plural?
"Baby" singular, "Men", "Women", etc. plural
"Both" Goes with Singular Or Plural
"Car salesman" but "Events manager" (first noun plural or not)
"Congratulations", is it plural?
"costs" (n) plural?
"Double [noun] - plural form?
"everybody and his brother" heard as singular or plural?
"Fish" and "candy" - singular or plural?
"Looks" - singular or plural?
"love" is a singular or plural noun? or both?
"Mother of all" + plural noun
"noise" in the plural?
"son of a bitch" plural
"weaker" as a plural subject?
100 students received a report/reports from their schools/school [plural or sing.]
A fifth of Uruguayans = singular or plural?
a gaggle of people +singular /plural verb?
more...
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