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PLURALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pluralise mean? 

PLURALISE (verb)
  The verb PLURALISE has 1 sense:

1. mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates pluralplay

  Familiarity information: PLURALISE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLURALISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they pluralise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it pluralises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: pluralised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: pluralised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: pluralising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

pluralise; pluralize

Context example:

How do speakers pluralize nouns in Japanese?

Hypernyms (to "pluralise" is one way to...):

inflect (change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

pluralisation (the act of pluralizing or attributing plurality to)


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