Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or composed of more than one member, set, or kind.
- adjective Grammar Of or being a grammatical form that designates more than one of the things specified.
- noun The plural number or form.
- noun A word or term in the plural form.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing more than one; consisting of two or more, or designating two or more.
- Specifically In grammar, noting the form of a word (primarily of a noun or pronoun, then of an adjective qualifying it, and finally of a verb of which it is subject) which marks it as signifying or relating to more than one, as distinguished from
singular , signifying only one; in some languages, which have a dual form for two, signifying more than two: thus, boys is the plural number of boy, men of man, we of I, these of this, are of is, and were of was. - noun The state of being manifold or more than one.
- noun That form of a word which expresses plurality, or the plural number.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gram.) The plural number; that form of a word which expresses or denotes more than one; a word in the plural form.
- adjective Relating to, or containing, more than one; designating two or more.
- adjective (Gram.) the number which designates more than one. See
Number , n., 8.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Consisting of or containing more than one of something.
- adjective comparable
Pluralistic . - noun grammar : 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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units
- adjective composed of more than one member, set, or kind
- noun the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English plurel, from Old French, from Latin plūrālis, from plūs, plūr-, more; see pelə- in Indo-European roots.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Middle English plurelle, from Old French plurel ("plural"), from Latin pluralis ("of or belonging to more than one, belonging to many", adjective), from plus, pluris ("more") + -alis.
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