Plural of paper
regular plural
The plural of paper is papers.
Forms of paper
| Singular | paper /ˈpeɪ̯.pə/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | papers /ˈpeɪpɚz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Papers in a sentence
- She's taking four papers this semester: two in psychology and two in sociology.
- In all the submissions, they found four papers that were clearly worth publishing and another dozen almosts.From the entry almost
- She has a slew of papers and notebooks strewn all over her desk.From the entry slew
- She made a mess when she rifled through the stack of papers, looking for the title document.From the entry rifle
- When the lesson was finished, she put by her books and papers.From the entry put by
Meaning of paper
- noun A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
- noun An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
- noun A written document, generally shorter than a book; usually written as a school assignment or a government report.
Questions about the plural of paper
- What is the plural of paper?
- The plural of paper is papers.
- Is paper countable?
- Paper is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: paper (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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