Plural of hiatus
irregular plural
The plural of hiatus is hiatus or hiatuses.
Forms of hiatus
| Singular | hiatus /haɪˈeɪtəs/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | hiatus /haɪˈeɪtəs/ hiatuses |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Less standard forms: hiati (nonstandard).
Hiatuses in a sentence
- Even the mechanical engineer comes at last to an end of his figures, and must stand up, a practical man, face to face with the discrepancies of nature and the hiatuses of theory.1912, Robert Louis Stevenson, Records of a Family of Engineers
- Thus all stratigraphic sections have undetected hiatuses at some scale.2005, Graham P. Weedon, Time-Series Analysis and Cyclostratigraphy: Examining Stratigraphic Records of Environmental Cycles, Cambridge…. From the entry hiatuses
Meaning of hiatus
- noun A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
- noun An interruption, break, pause or absence.
- noun An temporary break from work, especially one which is unexpected.
Plural the same as the singular
Questions about the plural of hiatus
- What is the plural of hiatus?
- The plural of hiatus is hiatus or hiatuses.
- Is hiatus countable?
- Hiatus is a countable and uncountable noun.
- Is hiati correct?
- hiati is marked nonstandard in Wiktionary. The usual plural of hiatus is hiatus or hiatuses.
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