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Plural of pointer

regular plural

The plural of pointer is pointers.

Forms of pointer

Singularpointer /ˈpɔɪn.tə/
Pluralpointers
Countablecountable

Pointers in a sentence

  • The talkers and pointers had undermined him.1972, Lynn Hall, Sticks and Stones
  • Most of the early wirehaired pointers represented a combination of Griffon, Stichelhaar, Pudelpointer, and German Shorthair.2007, American Kennel Club, The Complete Dog Book, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 30
  • They drilled down three pointers throughout the second half.From the entry drill down
  • If you can patch pointers, you can unpatch them as well.2011, Eric Lengyel, Game Engine Gems 2, page 347. From the entry unpatch
  • Each class is different, but here are a few general pointers to tweaking for various windstrengths.2007, John Caig, Tim Davison, Racing: A Beginner's Guide. From the entry windstrength

Meaning of pointer

  1. noun One who points.
  2. noun A teacher's pointer, pointing stick, a rod with an arrow.
  3. noun A needlelike component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading of the device.

Full definition of pointer

Questions about the plural of pointer

What is the plural of pointer?
The plural of pointer is pointers.
Is pointer countable?
Pointer is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pointer (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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