plural

5 definitions • 7 examples

a word or form that expresses more than one:

"Geese" is the plural of "goose".

"Woman" in the plural is "women".

consisting of lots of different races or types of people or of different things:

We need to recognize that we are now living in a plural society.

for or relating to more than one person or thing:

Very few countries allow people to have plural citizenship (= citizenship of more than one country).

of or relating to the form that expresses more than one:

"Cattle" and "trousers" are both plural nouns.

being the form of a word used to talk about more than one thing:

a plural verb

"Cats" and "cattle" are plural nouns.