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Plural of plea

regular plural

The plural of plea is pleas.

Forms of plea

Singularplea /pliː/
Pluralpleas /pliːz/
Countablecountable

Pleas in a sentence

  • The child’s pathetic pleas for forgiveness stirred the young man’s heart.From the entry pathetic
  • Pleas keep your mouth shut while you are eating.From the entry shut
  • Howsoever they pleaded, their pleas went unheard.From the entry howsoever
  • She hardened her heart against his inevitable pleas.From the entry harden someone's heart
  • Luckily the good folks at Monsoon Cafe listened to the pleas of our curryless citizens and went balls to the wall.2006, David L. Sloan, Christopher Shultz, The Hangover Survival Guide, page 97. From the entry curryless

Meaning of plea

  1. noun An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
  2. noun An excuse; an apology.
  3. noun That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification.

Full definition of plea

Questions about the plural of plea

What is the plural of plea?
The plural of plea is pleas.
Is plea countable?
Plea is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plea (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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