Plural of battle
regular plural
The plural of battle is battles.
Forms of battle
| Singular | battle /ˈbætl̩/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | battles /ˈbætl̩z/ |
| Countable | countable |
Battles in a sentence
- I mean to divide them into three battles and start up the causeway a half-day apart.2000 August 8, George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, “”, in A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire; 3), London: Voyager, →ISBN, page 525
- The war was ended by a catastrophic string of battles on the northern front.From the entry string
- In the perennial town versus gown battles, townies win some violent battles, but the collegians are winning the war.From the entry gown
- The North lost most battles early in the war.From the entry north
- The image was pulled from Reuters footage shot after deadly battles with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.2025 May 22, “Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo”, in The Guardian. From the entry Congolese
Meaning of battle
- noun A contest, a struggle.
- noun A one-on-one competition in rapping or breakdance.
- noun A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
Questions about the plural of battle
- What is the plural of battle?
- The plural of battle is battles.
- Is battle countable?
- Battle is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: battle (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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