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Plural of underworld

regular plural

The plural of underworld is underworlds.

Forms of underworld

Singularunderworld /ˈʌndəˌwɜːld/
Pluralunderworlds
Countablecountable

Underworlds in a sentence

  • Typically these are artistic, intellectual and bohemian milieus, but also the world of international business and high finance, and some mafias and underworlds.1999, Sami Zubaida, “Cosmopolitanism and the Middle East”, in Roel Meijer, editor, Cosmopolitanism, Identity and Authenticity in the…. From the entry milieu

Meaning of underworld

  1. noun The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.
  2. noun That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice, and particularly those involved in organized crime.
  3. noun The portion of a game that is set below ground.

Full definition of underworld

Questions about the plural of underworld

What is the plural of underworld?
The plural of underworld is underworlds.
Is underworld countable?
Underworld is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underworld (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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