Plural of exclamation
regular plural
The plural of exclamation is exclamations.
Forms of exclamation
| Singular | exclamation /ˌɛkskləˈmeɪʃn̩/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | exclamations |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Exclamations in a sentence
- There was a sudden scrambling and thumping overhead and hot exclamations zephyred down to them.1908, Clarence E. Mulford, chapter 4, in The Coming of Hopalong Cassidy, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 60. From the entry zephyr
- With exclamations of suprise and fear the warriors leaped to their feet, scarcely knowing whether to flee or not.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 188. From the entry materialized
- This is a rapid, clipped, chattering, birdlike recitation of synonyms with approvals, reaction after each addition, e.g. taps, sighs, claps, nod, facial expressions, exclamations.[1992, Kenneth Bernard, “One Thing is not Another (A Vaudeville)”, in Curse of Fool: Three Plays, Santa Maria, Calif.: Asylum Arts, →ISBN…. From the entry unamicability
- He was greeted with flutters and exclamations from the "How interesting!" females, hailed by the Grand Lodge of Scotland as "Caledonia's Bard," and in short was marvelled at everywhere.1927, Joseph Auslander, Frank Ernest Hill, Theresa West Elmendorf, The Winged Horse, page 220. From the entry flutter
- Yet his time came, in the end, in the form of a little weazened man who spat broken English and many strange and uncouth exclamations which Buck could not understand.1903 July, Jack London, “Into the Primitive”, in The Call of the Wild, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co.…. From the entry weazened
Meaning of exclamation
- noun A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
- noun A word expressing outcry; an interjection.
- noun An exclamation mark.
Questions about the plural of exclamation
- What is the plural of exclamation?
- The plural of exclamation is exclamations.
- Is exclamation countable?
- Exclamation is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: exclamation (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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