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pluralizes

pluralizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pluralize.

Meaning of pluralize

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.

Forms of pluralizes

alternative formpluralises

Questions about pluralizes

What is pluralizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pluralizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pluralize.

Words near pluralizes in the dictionary

  1. pluralizations
  2. pluralize
  3. pluralized
  4. pluralizer
  5. pluralizers
  6. pluralizes
  7. pluralizing
  8. plurally
  9. plurally plural
  10. pluralphobe
  11. pluralphobes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pluralizes (page history and authors); pluralize (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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