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Plural of tide

regular plural

The plural of tide is tides.

Forms of tide

Singulartide /taɪd/
Pluraltides
Countablecountable

Tides in a sentence

  • The Bristol Channel has some of the world's largest tides.
  • As well as sea tides, there are much smaller land tides.
  • Apogean tides, or neap tides, occur when the Moon has passed its apogee.From the entry apogean
  • The perigean tides are the spring tides that occur soon after the Moon passes its perigee.From the entry perigean
  • The flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.From the entry alternate

Meaning of tide

  1. noun The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun.
  2. noun The associated flow of water.
  3. noun Any similar gravitational effect on Earth or other body.

Full definition of tide

Questions about the plural of tide

What is the plural of tide?
The plural of tide is tides.
Is tide countable?
Tide is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tide (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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