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Plural of alarm

regular plural

The plural of alarm is alarms.

Forms of alarm

Singularalarm /əˈlɑːm/
Pluralalarms
Countablecountable

Alarms in a sentence

  • The tower cab supervisor and various pilots stated that the LLWAS system frequently alarms because of the thunderstorm activity present, and that airspeed losses are common as a result of convective wind shear.1985 March 21, National Transportation Safety Board, “2.2 Environmental Factors”, in Aircraft Accident Report: United Airlines Flight 663...
  • The landlord had been warned twice about noninstallation of smoke alarms in the properties he rented.From the entry noninstallation
  • Having tripped the bank's alarms, he simply uttered: "in for a penny, in for a pound", and continued on.From the entry in for a penny, in for a pound
  • This alarms the philobats (the spacebats), but the ocnophils (the homebodies) like it that way.2018, Josephine Klein, Doubts and Certainties in the Practice of Psychotherapy. From the entry ocnophil
  • Any new alarms, from any patient, will resound the alarm tone.1992, Health Devices, volume 21, Philadelphia, Pa.: Emergency Care Research Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 117, column 2. From the entry resound

Meaning of alarm

  1. noun A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
  2. noun Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
  3. noun A device intended to warn or give notice of approaching danger.

Full definition of alarm

Questions about the plural of alarm

What is the plural of alarm?
The plural of alarm is alarms.
Is alarm countable?
Alarm is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alarm (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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