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pluralize

[ploo r-uh-lahyz]
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verb (used with object), plu·ral·ized, plu·ral·iz·ing.
  1. to express in the plural form; make plural: to pluralize a noun.
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verb (used without object), plu·ral·ized, plu·ral·iz·ing.
  1. to receive or take a plural form.
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Also especially British, plu·ral·ise.

Origin of pluralize

First recorded in 1795–1805; plural + -ize
Related formsplu·ral·iz·a·ble, adjectiveplu·ral·i·za·tion, nounplu·ral·iz·er, nounun·plu·ral·ized, adjective
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Historical Examples

  • They are placed immediately after the noun they pluralize and before the particles which indicate case.

    Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language

    Diego Collado

British Dictionary definitions for pluralize

pluralize

pluralise

verb
  1. (intr) to hold more than one ecclesiastical benefice or office at the same time
  2. to make or become plural
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Derived Formspluralization or pluralisation, nounpluralizer or pluraliser, noun
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