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pluralize

pluralize verb: to make plural.

Verb

pluralize (third-person singular simple present pluralizes, present participle pluralizing, simple past and past participle pluralized)

  1. (transitive) To make plural.
    • The word "orange" can be pluralized into "oranges".
  2. (intransitive) To take a plural; to assume a plural form.
    • Nouns pluralize in English, but verbs do not.
  3. (transitive) To multiply; to make manifold.
  4. (UK, intransitive) To hold more than one ecclesiastical benefice at the same time.

pluralize meaning in Bengali and Arabic

pluralize in Bengali

বহুবচন করা, বহুবচন রূপ গ্রহণ করা, বহুগুণ করা

pluralize in Arabic

To make plural
جَمَعَ jamaʕa

Forms of pluralize

third-person singular presentpluralizes
present participlepluralizing
past participlepluralized
pastpluralized
alternative formpluralise

Origin of pluralize

From plural + -ize.

Words formed from pluralize

Questions about pluralize

What does pluralize mean?
Pluralize means to make plural.
What is pluralize in Bengali?
Pluralize in Bengali is বহুবচন করা, বহুবচন রূপ গ্রহণ করা, বহুগুণ করা. See Pluralize meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is pluralize?
Pluralize is a verb.
What is the past tense of pluralize?
The past tense of pluralize is pluralized.

Words near pluralize in the dictionary

  1. plurality rule
  2. pluralizability
  3. pluralizable
  4. pluralization
  5. pluralizations
  6. pluralize
  7. pluralized
  8. pluralizer
  9. pluralizers
  10. pluralizes
  11. pluralizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pluralize (page history and authors); pluralize (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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