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Plural of license

regular plural

The plural of license is licenses.

Forms of license

Singularlicense /ˈlaɪ.səns/
Plurallicenses
Countablecountable and uncountable

Licenses in a sentence

  • Kayne argues that the crucial fact which licenses preposition stranding in English but not in French is the fact that in English verbs and prepositions assign Case similarly, and hence they govern similarly.2014, Hagit Borer, Parametric Syntax: Case Studies in Semitic and Romance Languages
  • Driver's licenses have a photograph of the person on them, which is in full face if the person is above legal drinking age, or in profile if not.From the entry profile
  • Weight-supported treadmill training unweighs the patient and licenses the utilization of a mechanized treadmill for walking.2023, Meena Gupta, Dinesh Bhatia, Prakash Kumar, Modern Intervention Tools for Rehabilitation, page 76. From the entry unweigh
  • The following licenses do not qualify as free software licenses as defined by the FSF.2010, Dave Douglas, Gregory Michael Papadopoulos, Citizen Engineer, Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 169. From the entry nonfree
  • Starting July 1, Kansas motorists who repeatedly gas and dash could lose their driver's licenses.2000 June 23, “Gas-and-dash thefts rise with high fuel prices”, in Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, US: Associated Press. From the entry gas and dash

Meaning of license

  1. noun A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
  2. noun The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
  3. noun Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).

Full definition of license

Questions about the plural of license

What is the plural of license?
The plural of license is licenses.
Is license countable?
License is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: license (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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