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Plural of what

regular plural

The plural of what is whats.

Forms of what

Singularwhat /wɒt/
Pluralwhats
Countablecountable and uncountable

Whats in a sentence

  • The emphasis on the interplay between the hows and whats of interpretive practice is paramount.2005, Norman K. Denzin, Yvonna S. Lincoln, The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, page 493
  • Closing of Duffy trial takes proceedings from the whos and whats to why and how.From the entry whos
  • Now see if you can describe the whys behind some of your whats.2004, Joe Caruso, The Power of Losing Control: Finding Strength, Meaning, and Happiness in an Out-Of-Control World. From the entry whats
  • When learning about people and their circumstances, some tend to form generalizations surrounding the whats and wherefores of the people.1955, George Burgess, Barriers and Bridges. From the entry whats

Meaning of what

  1. determiner Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
  2. determiner Which.
  3. determiner Any ... that; all ... that; whatever.

Full definition of what

Questions about the plural of what

What is the plural of what?
The plural of what is whats.
Is what countable?
What is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: what (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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