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plural

1 noun
     
Related topics: Grammar
plu‧ral1 [countable]
SLG a form of a word that shows you are talking about more than one thing, person etc. For example, 'dogs' is the plural of 'dog'
in the plural
'Sheep' remains the same in the plural.
plural of
What's the plural of 'mouse'?
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