Plural of rapture

Forms of rapture

Raptures in a sentence

• They went into raptures about the meal they'd had.
• Sunderland’s right-back, Santiago Vergini, inadvertently gave Southampton the lead by lashing the ball into his own net in the 12th minute, and that signalled the start of a barmy encounter that had home fans in raptures and Sunderland in tatters.2014 October 18, Paul Doyle, “Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter”, in The Guardian
• There is nothing more derided than the raptures of a young affection.1906, Sir William Robertson Nicoll, The Key of the Blue Closet, page 201. From the entry derided
• And if we believe the chronicles, Rumi himself had experienced ecstatical raptures, was able to transgress time and space, or to be present in several places at once.1993, Annemarie Schimmel, The Triumphal Sun: A Study of the Works of Jalaloddin Rumi, page 311. From the entry ecstatical
• The requestress was in raptures, but then she doesn’t know a trochee from an iambus (nor, for that matter – like de la Mare – do I).1979: Ray Coryton Hutchinson [aut.], Martyn Skinner [aut.], and Rupert Hart-Davis [ed.], Two Men of Letters: Correspondence Between R.C.…. From the entry requestress

Meaning of rapture

1. noun Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement.
2. noun The act of kidnapping or abducting, especially the forceful carrying off of a woman.
3. noun Rape; ravishment; sexual violation.

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Questions about the plural of rapture

What is the plural of rapture?

The plural of rapture is raptures.

Is rapture countable?

Rapture is a countable and uncountable noun.