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Plural of guru

regular plural

The plural of guru is gurus or guru.

Forms of guru

Singularguru /ˈɡʊɹuː/
Pluralgurus /ˈɡʊ.ɹuːz/
guru /ˈɡʊɹuː/
Countablecountable

Gurus in a sentence

  • LOL It's ok, even gurus have to sleep once in a while!![2011 April 23, @IWantAPoem, Twitter, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2023. From the entry scrunkly
  • It might simply be that many of yesteryear's übernerds have become today's multibillionaire tech gurus.2010 April 13, Kevin Fong, “How science became cool”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN…. From the entry übernerd
  • Air NZ has used active noise cancellation system supplied by local noise cancelling gurus, Phitek.2009 December 16, Pat Pilcher, “Is Air NZ's in-flight tech enough to make flying fun?”, in The New Zealand Herald. From the entry nerdfest
  • The Sargents' status as hummingbird gurus is unrivaled and well deserved.2007, Wonderful West Virginia, volume 71, page 5. From the entry hummer
  • How much further do we plan to bow to the gurus of Wall Street, to the speculants in Tokyo and London?2001, Swami Agnivesh, “Striving for a Truly Spiritual Culture”, in Joseph A. Camilleri, editor, Religion and culture in Asia Pacific…. From the entry speculant

Meaning of guru

  1. noun In Indian traditions: a spiritual teacher who transmits knowledge to a shishya.
  2. noun Any general teacher (as a term of respect).
  3. noun An influential advisor or mentor.

Full definition of guru

Questions about the plural of guru

What is the plural of guru?
The plural of guru is gurus or guru.
Is guru countable?
Guru is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: guru (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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