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-ures

-ures is the plural of -ure.

Meaning of -ure

Suffix (1)

-ure (noun-forming suffix, plural -ures)

  1. (idiomatic) A process; a condition; a result of an action.
    • erase + -ure → erasure
  2. (idiomatic) An official entity or function.

Suffix (2)

-ure (noun-forming suffix, plural -ures)

  1. (idiomatic) A tail.

Questions about -ures

What is -ures the plural of?
-ures is the plural of -ure.

Words near -ures in the dictionary

  1. -um
  2. -umab
  3. -ums
  4. -uous
  5. -ure
  6. -ures
  7. -uresis
  8. -uret
  9. -uretic
  10. -urgy
  11. -uria

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -ures (page history and authors); -ure (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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