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Plural of undercurrent

regular plural

The plural of undercurrent is undercurrents.

Forms of undercurrent

Singularundercurrent /ˈʌndəkʌɹ(ə)nt/
Pluralundercurrents
Countablecountable

Undercurrents in a sentence

  • Part detective story, part gangster, part urban melodrama, Film Noir was identified best by its dark and pessimistic undercurrents.1977, James Monaco, “The Shape of Film History”, in How to Read a Film: The Art, Technology, Language, History, and Theory of Film and...
  • I don’t believe Lindsay senses the satiric undercurrents beneath the machined ripples of Ballard’s prose.2011, Will Self, “The frowniest spot on Earth”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.9. From the entry machined
  • This book takes readers into the hitherto unexplored undercurrents of one of the so-called minor genres of African orature—riddles.2015 April, Akíntúndé Akínyẹmí, “Introduction”, in Orature and Yorùbá Riddles, New York, N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 1. From the entry orature
  • He helps us to understand the insignificant points which mark the rapid undercurrents of the seemingly sluggish soul of Khalid.1910 January 12, Ameen Rihani, “On the Wharf of Enchantment”, in The Book of Khalid, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published…. From the entry sluggish

Meaning of undercurrent

  1. noun A current of water which flows under the surface, and often in a different direction from surface currents.
  2. noun A tendency of feeling or opinion that is concealed rather than exposed.
  3. verb To flow under some surface.

Full definition of undercurrent

Questions about the plural of undercurrent

What is the plural of undercurrent?
The plural of undercurrent is undercurrents.
Is undercurrent countable?
Undercurrent is a countable noun.

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