The plural form of a word is the form that is used when referring to more than one person orthing.
'Data' is the Latin plural form of 'datum'.
...his use of the plural pronoun 'we'.
2. countable noun
The plural of a noun is the form of it that is used to refer to more than one person or thing.
What is the plural of 'person'? [+ of]
...irregular plurals.
3. graded adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A plural society or system involves different kinds of people.
[formal]
Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.
His government has pledged to move the country towards a plural democracy.
English Easy Learning GrammarNumber in nounsSingular number is used when the noun refers to one item. Plural number is used whenthe noun refers to more than one item. Countable nouns have both singular ... Read more
English Easy Learning GrammarParts of speechSentences are made up of words. A sentence can be made up of any number of words. He left us. The man in the corner lowered his newspaper. Whenever I see ... Read more
plural in British English
(ˈplʊərəl)
adjective
1.
containing, involving, or composed of more than one person, thing, item, etc
a plural society
2.
denoting a word indicating that more than one referent is being referred to or described
noun
3. grammar
a.
the plural number
b.
a plural form
Derived forms
plurally (ˈplurally)
adverb
Word origin
C14: from Old French plurel, from Late Latin plūrālis concerning many, from Latin plūs more
plural in American English
(ˈplʊrəl)
adjective
1.
of or including more than one
2.
of, involving, or being one of, a plurality of persons or things
plural marriage
3. Grammar
designating or of the category of number that refers to more than one person or thing, or in languages having dual number, more than two
noun Grammar
4.
the plural number
5.
the plural form of a word
6.
a word in plural form
Word origin
ME < L pluralis < plus (gen. pluris), more: see plus
Examples of 'plural' in a sentence
plural
No proper names or plurals.
The Sun (2017)
No proper names or plurals.
The Sun (2017)
He chooses to write extensively in the first personal plural.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
Use of a true adjective in the plural to qualify a plural noun is uncommon.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Some plural nouns are not really numbers of discrete items.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The dictionary now says that the use in the plural is common.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Our use of the plural does help to distinguish the team from the country.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But to use a plural pronoun as a generic singular is too high a price.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The challenge is learning to live together in a more and more plural society.
Christianity Today (2000)
In a plural society it is both inevitable and important that people offend others.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Arts and culture can help to build citizenship and a democratic plural society.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
What is the effect of this plural pronoun?
Goshgarian, Gary Exploring language (6th edn) (1995)
All six translators agree that there is no way of preserving the plural form.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But in a plural society there would be some who would suggest that it ought to be discouraged.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
So now begins a century in which the first person plural will be replaced by the third person plural.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Making nouns plural to ensure plural pronouns can help you avoid using the singular "generic" male pronoun.
Goshgarian, Gary Exploring language (6th edn) (1995)
No proper names and no plurals.
The Sun (2009)
And they are all plural nouns.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
That's why football fans always speak in the first person plural.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
To avoid this construction, use the plural or a specific noun instead of the pronoun.
Bachmann, Susan (editor) & Barth, Melinda Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook (1995)
It was stable and a plural society, really quite liberal.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It has no comparatives, and its nouns do not have different plural and singular forms.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I use the plural because she is having twins.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
plural
British English: plural /ˈplʊərəl/ NOUN
The plural of a noun is the form of it that is used to refer to more than one person or thing.