pluralize

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make plural.

   The word "orange" can be pluralized into "oranges".

2. verb To take a plural; to assume a plural form.

   Nouns pluralize in English, but verbs do not.

3. verb To multiply; to make manifold.
4. verb To hold more than one ecclesiastical benefice at the same time.

Similar words

pluralise singularize grammaticalize singularise grammaticize grammatize participialize spaniolize vernacularize genericize

Often followed by

the and it by a in our nouns this

Word family

pluralization pluralizations pluralized pluralizes pluralizing