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Plural of chase

regular plural

The plural of chase is chases.

Forms of chase

Singularchase /t͡ʃeɪs/
Pluralchases /ˈt͡ʃeɪsɪz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Chases in a sentence

  • Jones chases one out of the zone for strike two.
  • It's a dead goose that breaks things and chases people and pecks them where it hurts.1999, Michael Lawrence, The Poltergoose, →ISBN, page 63. From the entry poltergoose
  • The verb following a modal auxiliary must be in infinitival (untensed) form, such as chase (and not chased, chases, chasing).2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Dependency Grammar” (chapter 3), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 69. From the entry infinitival
  • Kevin chases after him through a forest and finds the horse with Joseph Maguire (Ian Holm), a poetry-reciting traveler (Irish gypsy).2012, Mark Connelly, The IRA on Film and Television: A History, →ISBN, page 212. From the entry traveller
  • Akinoshima chases "Yankee Doodle Dandy" around the dohyo, until he finally wins by watashikomi (thigh grabbing push down).1999 March 22, Ken Crouch, “Day 9 spoiler - Kintaro's Musings Group”, in rec.sport.sumo (Usenet). From the entry watashikomi

Meaning of chase

  1. noun The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
  2. noun A hunt; the act of hunting; the pursuit of game.
  3. noun A children's game where one player chases another.

Full definition of chase

Questions about the plural of chase

What is the plural of chase?
The plural of chase is chases.
Is chase countable?
Chase is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chase (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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