Plural of ending
regular plural
The plural of ending is endings.
Forms of ending
| Singular | ending /ˈɛndɪŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | endings |
| Countable | countable |
Endings in a sentence
- Spanish verb forms have different endings depending on the tense, mood and person.
- Using diachronic evidence from Swedish, I will show that inflectional endings may be maintained as “less cumulative” inflections, or even degrammaticalize into a derivational suffix or a clitic.2002, Ilse Wischer, Gabriele Diewald, New Reflections on Grammaticalization, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 45
- In the English words didn’t, that’s, and wanna, the endings -n’t, -’s, and -a arose by contraction.From the entry contraction
- Endings — or outs, or buttons as writers call them — are notoriously difficult to nail.2016 July 12, Jessica Goldstein, “How to best end a comedy sketch? It’s hard to go wrong with gruesome death”, in The Washington Post. From the entry button
- As long as Black has the bad French bishop, White will be better in almost all endings.2012, Karsten Mueller, Alex Markgraf, The Chess Puzzle Book 4, Russell Enterprises, →ISBN, page 48. From the entry French bishop
Meaning of ending
- noun A termination or conclusion.
- noun The last part of something.
- noun The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -s in "dogs").
Questions about the plural of ending
- What is the plural of ending?
- The plural of ending is endings.
- Is ending countable?
- Ending is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ending (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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