the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
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composed of more than one member, set, or kind
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grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units
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Plural \Plu"ral\, a. [L. pluralis, from plus, pluris, more; cf. F. pluriel, OF. plurel. See {Plus}.] Relating to, or containing, more than one; designating two or more; as, a plural word.
Plural faith, which is too much by one. --Shak.
{Plural number} (Gram.), the number which designates more than one. See {Number}, n., 8.
Plural \Plu"ral\, n. (Gram.) The plural number; that form of a word which expresses or denotes more than one; a word in the plural form.
We've got to call it as we see it." Grossman constantly speaks in the plural voice, emphasizing that he doesn't sit alone behind the plate.
Sri Lanka as a nation has merely taken the first steps in an effort to create a plural society within a democratic polity.
By 12:15 the drops had become plural, by 12:20 umbrellas were unfurled, and by 12:25 play was halted on the 16 courts that were in use.
Like presidential candidates and editorial writers, Mr. Schickel tries to disguise the egotism of his enterprise with promiscuous use of the plural first-person pronoun.
Other students agonize loudly over a list of singular and plural nouns.
A fascia (plural fasciae), according to the dictionary, is "a flat strip," or "an instrument panel or dashboard."
In other languages, for instance, plural forms usually add something, be it an "s" in English or some prefix or suffix, Ms. Hardy said.