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Plural of awe

regular plural

The plural of awe is awes.

Forms of awe

Singularawe /ɔː/
Pluralawes
Countableusually uncountable

Awes in a sentence

  • The limitlessness of the heavens awes us.From the entry limitlessness
  • The violence, when it comes, shocks and awes because the beauty of the preceding scenes has had a hypnotic hold on the viewer.2005, Lloyd Hughes, The Rough Guide to Gangster Movies (Rough Guides Reference), London: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 93. From the entry shock and awe

Meaning of awe

  1. noun A feeling of fear and reverence.
  2. noun A feeling of amazement.
  3. noun Power to inspire awe.

Full definition of awe

Questions about the plural of awe

What is the plural of awe?
The plural of awe is awes.
Is awe countable?
Awe is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: awe (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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