Plural of upheaval
regular plural
The plural of upheaval is upheavals.
Forms of upheaval
| Singular | upheaval /ʌpˈhiːvəl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | upheavals |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Upheavals in a sentence
- These upheavals occurred almost homoplasiously with European states agitating to be autexousious.2022, Everisto Benyera, The Failure of the International Criminal Court in Africa, Abingdon-on-Thames, England: Routledge, →ISBN. From the entry autexousious
- It is impossible to understand modern Europe without understanding these sixteenth-century upheavals in Latin Christianity.2003, Diarmaid MacCulloch, The Reformation: A History, Penguin, →ISBN, page xviii-xix. From the entry protestant
- Laplace continued his research throughout France’s political upheavals.2011, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne, The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and…. From the entry central limit theorem
- It is the great powers that create international upheavals.2002, Martin Wight, “International Anarchy”, in Hedley Bull, Carsten Holbraad, editors, Power Politics, →ISBN, page 100. From the entry hold the ring
- Moreover, once retrieved, suppressed events, confrontational episodes, submerged political upheavals, abortive uprising offer symbolic density or enrichment to current circumstances.1993, David Ernest Apter, Democracy, Violence and Emancipatory Movements. From the entry unhistory
Meaning of upheaval
- noun The process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust.
- noun A disruptive change, from one state to another.
- noun A sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion.
Questions about the plural of upheaval
- What is the plural of upheaval?
- The plural of upheaval is upheavals.
- Is upheaval countable?
- Upheaval is a countable and uncountable noun.
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