Plural of incarceration
regular plural
The plural of incarceration is incarcerations.
Forms of incarceration
| Singular | incarceration /ɪŋˌkɑː(ɹ)səˈɹeɪʃən/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | incarcerations |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Incarcerations in a sentence
- His young adult life was marked by a series of robberies, forgeries, pimpings, assaults, and incarcerations at increasingly tougher institutions.2017, John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit, page 119. From the entry pimping
Meaning of incarceration
- noun The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
- noun A strangulation, as in a hernia.
- noun A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
Questions about the plural of incarceration
- What is the plural of incarceration?
- The plural of incarceration is incarcerations.
- Is incarceration countable?
- Incarceration is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: incarceration (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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