Plural of periphery
regular plural
The plural of periphery is peripheries.
Forms of periphery
| Singular | periphery /pəˈɹɪf.ə.ɹi/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | peripheries |
| Countable | countable |
Peripheries in a sentence
- The phrase 'Imperial Manila' is used throughout the archipelago to denote the capital-heavy decision-making and the imposition of the will and culture of the political and economic centre on the peripheries.2018, Balázs Áron Kovács, Peace Infrastructures and State-Building at the Margins, Springer, →ISBN, page 280
- And he was just taking byways and sideways, travelling in the peripheries of civilization, yeah?2002, Joseph Brodsky, Cynthia L. Haven, Joseph Brodsky: Conversations, page 169. From the entry sideways
Meaning of periphery
- noun The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
- noun A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided into provinces.
- noun The more anomalous and infrequent aspects of a language, as opposed to the frequent and regular core aspects.
Questions about the plural of periphery
- What is the plural of periphery?
- The plural of periphery is peripheries.
- Is periphery countable?
- Periphery is a countable noun.
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