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• plural of ax.
• present tense form of ax (3rd person singular).
• plural of axis.

axes

¹ American  

[ak-seez] / ˈæk siz /

noun

1. plural of axis.

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axes ² American  

[ak-siz] / ˈæk sɪz /

noun

1. plural of ax or axe.

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axes ¹ British  

/ ˈæksiːz /

noun

1. the plural of axis 1

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axes ² British  

/ ˈæksɪz /

noun

1. the plural of axe

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Example Sentences

It ends a valuable deferred compensation program, axes health benefits and changes commissions on several types of policy, according to agents and company documents reviewed by the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

One location stood out due to the discovery of about 80 grooved stone axes, which were used to break down and process ore.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

Hand axes were held in the palm rather than attached to a wooden handle.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

The towering ambition of the men remaking the landscape with saws and axes, and the men, like Grainier, who were somehow pulled through that current.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

It lacks the severe ecological barriers transecting the major axes of the Americas and Africa.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond