Plural of example
regular plural
The plural of example is examples.
Forms of example
| Singular | example /ɪɡˈzɑːm.pəl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | examples /ɪɡˈzɑːmpl̩z/ |
| Countable | countable |
Examples in a sentence
- Phrases such as officer-involved shooting are often criticized as examples of passive voice.From the entry passive voice
- The "four rules" of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are examples of binary operations.From the entry binary operation
- There must have been dozens of examples just on the first page.From the entry dozen
- Cabrera's Valentine's Day monopole detection or some extremely energetic cosmic rays could be examples of snarks.From the entry snark
- Examples of haploid cells are prokaryotes and the gametes of eukaryotes.From the entry haploid
Meaning of example
- noun Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
- noun Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
- noun Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
Questions about the plural of example
- What is the plural of example?
- The plural of example is examples.
- Is example countable?
- Example is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: example (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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