plural
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English plurelle, from Old French plurel (“plural”), Borrowed from Latin plūrālis (“of or belonging to more than one, belonging to many”, adjective), from plūs, plūris (“more”) + -ālis.
Inflected forms:
form: more plural
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most plural
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: pl.
pos: adj
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: pl
pos: adj
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: plurals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pl.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: pl
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
Senses:
gloss: Consisting of or containing more than one of something.
pos: adj
examples: The notion of culture is one whose meanings are plural and shifting.
Than plural faith which is too much by one: Thou counterfeit to thy true friend!
gloss: In systems of number, not singular or not singular or dual.
pos: adj
examples: English nouns usually have singular and plural forms.
gloss: Pluralistic.
pos: adj
tags: comparable
examples: Although the nation was far more plural than Canada in the number of its Christian groups
The Hong Kong and Singapore markets are way more "plural" than most Western economies, but they have not led to pluralistic politics.
History is perhaps more plural than traditionally imagined, leaving room for more groups to express their story.
Generally the girls tend to perceive their social world as somewhat more plural than boys do. Several of these questions reveal that there are more boys (61%) than girls (39%) who 'do not know' about the religion of others
Yet More's conscience was responding to a world just a little more plural than the world he was born in
gloss: Having some form of multiplicity, especially dissociative identity disorder.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: The plural number. In English, referring to more or less than one of something.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: "There are three numbers; the singular, the dual, and the plural. [...] The dual is sometimes used to denote two objects, but even here the plural is more common."
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The plural of 'cat' is 'cats', but the plural of 'child' is 'children'.
Malay is the lingua franca of several Southeast Asia countries and has been simplified by its use as a second language by non-native speakers.
For example, the Malay plural is formed by repeating a word twice – buku means book and buku-buku means books.
gloss: A person with some form of multiplicity, particularly dissociative identity disorder.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Singlet and monocultural identity is so normalized that many voice hearers and plurals don’t share their experiences with anyone, living in isolation (and sometimes in poverty) and spending considerable inner resources to manage postures and performances of ‘mental health’.
More strongly, respect might require that singlets themselves accept, in the context of interacting with plurals, that people are truly distinct people.
Autistics, plurals, and gender nonconforming individuals are all stigmatized as not being capable of understanding their own experiences and are repeatedly attacked with narratives intended to make them doubt their own emotions, memories, and sense of self.
Synonyms: multiple
plural
Antonyms: singular
Related words: singular
Derived words: additive plural
associative plural
author's plural
broken plural
celestial plural marriage
cohort plural
count plural
double plural
duoplural
first-person plural
majestic plural
nonplural
plural intensive
pluralisation
pluralise
pluralism
pluralist
plurality
pluralization
pluralize
plurally
plural marriage
plural noun
plural of excellence
plural of majesty
plural of modesty
pluralphobia
pluralphobic
plural relations
plural system
plural wife
polyplural
second-person plural
sound plural
summation plural
superplural
the plural of anecdote is not data
third-person plural
plurale tantum
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