Plural of wane
regular plural
The plural of wane is wanes.
Forms of wane
| Singular | wane /weɪn/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | wanes |
| Countable | countable |
Wanes in a sentence
- When your focus wanes and you feel the urge to online shop or grab a game of 2048, there are tech tools to prevent your giving in.2020 September 26, Caren Osten Gerszberg, “You Can Get Focused (Hint: Put Down That Phone)”, in The New York Times, archived from the...
- Moon, the companion of Night, waxes and wanes, and we call this time a month.1994, Tony Linsell, Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic, Anglo-Saxon Books, →ISBN, page 15. From the entry moon
- While the magnetosphere has been a constant presence for billions of years, its strength waxes and wanes over time.2023 December 27, Mindy Weisberger, “Ancient bricks baked when Nebuchadnezzar II was king absorbed a power surge in Earth’s magnetic…. From the entry atmosphere
Meaning of wane
- noun A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
- noun The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.
- noun The end of a period.
Questions about the plural of wane
- What is the plural of wane?
- The plural of wane is wanes.
- Is wane countable?
- Wane is a countable noun.
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