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Plural of well

regular plural

The plural of well is wells.

Forms of well

Singularwell /ˈwɛl/
Pluralwells /wɛlz/
Countablecountable

Wells in a sentence

  • By the end of the tenth century, Edith's humility had inspired a cult of holy wells in Kent, Staffordshire, and Herefordshire.1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000...
  • They're having a special tonight: $1 wells.
  • Every time she sees her little grandson, her face wells with joy.From the entry wells
  • Monitoring wells are installed downgradient of a contamination source to detect a contaminant plume.From the entry downgradient
  • The wells are believed to have been leaking oil for decades, long after the operating company ceased to exist.From the entry leak

Meaning of well

  1. adverb Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
  2. adverb Completely, fully.
  3. adverb To a significant degree.

Full definition of well

Questions about the plural of well

What is the plural of well?
The plural of well is wells.
Is well countable?
Well is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: well (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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