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ands

ands is the plural of and.

Meaning of and

Noun (1)

and (plural ands)

  1. (informal, often) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
    • The same goes for measure 42, when you begin the phrase on the and of 1, because that kind of lick can easily bog down the time.2006, Gordon Goodwin, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band: Trumpet, page 51

Noun (2)

and (plural ands)

  1. (UK, dialectal) Breath.
  2. (UK, dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.

See all 21 meanings of and

Noun capitalized: ANDs

ANDs

  1. (plural) plural of AND

Phrases with ands

Questions about ands

What is ands the plural of?
Ands is the plural of and.
What part of speech is ands?
Ands is a noun.

Words near ands in the dictionary

  1. Andrys
  2. Andrzejewski
  3. Andrzejewskis
  4. André
  5. andrœcious
  6. ands
  7. andt
  8. Andujar
  9. Andujars
  10. Andujo
  11. Andujos

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ands (page history and authors); ANDs (page history and authors); and (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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