Plural of curfew
regular plural
The plural of curfew is curfews.
Forms of curfew
| Singular | curfew /ˈkɜː.fjuː/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | curfews |
| Countable | countable |
Curfews in a sentence
- Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting.2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, “Hurricane Sandy”, in New York Times, retrieved 31 Oct 2012
- Order-maintenance proponents affirmatively promote youth curfews, anti-gang loitering ordinances, and order-maintenance crackdowns as milder alternatives to the theory of incapacitation and increased incarceration.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order. From the entry incapacitation
- Israeli soldiers . . . impose the curfews as collective punishment or as a means to head off violent protest, or simply to show who's boss.1989 June 24, Alan Cowell, “Coping With Curfew in Gaza”, in New York Times, retrieved 11 Jun 2015. From the entry show who's boss
Meaning of curfew
- noun Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.
- noun A regulation requiring loud or disruptive activities such as concerts and sporting events to end by a certain time.
- noun The time when such restriction begins.
Questions about the plural of curfew
- What is the plural of curfew?
- The plural of curfew is curfews.
- Is curfew countable?
- Curfew is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: curfew (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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