Plural of affluent
regular plural
The plural of affluent is affluents.
Forms of affluent
| Singular | affluent /ˈæf.lu.ənt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | affluents |
| Countable | countable |
Affluents in a sentence
- The affluents are most similar to the professional want-it-alls in their reasons for preferring specific hospitals and in their demographic characteristics.1994, Philip D. Cooper, Health care marketing: a foundation for managed quality, page 183
- The affluents of the Amazon are, half of them, of this nature, while the other half are whitish and opaque, the difference depending upon the class of country through which they have flowed.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
- The land is largely composed of the pantanals, the flat, wide-stretching marshes through which the Paraguay and its affluents wind.1916, Theodore Roosevelt, A Book-lover's Holidays in the Open, page 154. From the entry pantanal
- When love takes possession of a nature which is complex, affluents and tributaries from many and various faculties run into the main stream.1904, Edward Dowden, chapter 4, in Robert Browning, London: J.M. Dent, page 76. From the entry disguiser
Meaning of affluent
- noun Someone who is wealthy.
- noun A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.
- adjective Abundant; copious; plenteous.
Questions about the plural of affluent
- What is the plural of affluent?
- The plural of affluent is affluents.
- Is affluent countable?
- Affluent is a countable noun.
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