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Definition of plural adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

plural

adjective
 
/ˈplʊərəl/
 
/ˈplʊrəl/
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  1. (abbreviation pl.)
    (grammar) connected with or having the plural form
    • Most plural nouns in English end in ‘s’.
    Topics Languagea1
  2. relating to more than one
    • a plural society (= one with more than one racial, religious, etc. group)
    • It was not easy for her to decide to enter into a plural marriage (= a marriage in which there is more than one wife or husband at the same time).
    Topics People in societyc2, Life stagesc2
  3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French plurel or Latin pluralis, from plus, plur- ‘more’.
See plural in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee plural in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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