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silents

silents is the plural of silent.

Meaning of silent

Noun

silent (plural silents)

  1. (uncountable) That which is silent; a time of silence.
    • Deep night, dark night, the silent of the night.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. A silent movie
    • More than 40 films will be shown spanning the past seventy-five years, including early silents and talkies, contemporary productions, foreign and American films, documentaries, underground works and television shows.1978 April 22, “The Celluloid Closet”, in Gay Community News, page 2

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Noun capitalized: Silents

Silents

  1. (plural) plural of Silent

Questions about silents

What is silents the plural of?
Silents is the plural of silent.
What part of speech is silents?
Silents is a noun.

Words near silents in the dictionary

  1. silentiousness
  2. silentish
  3. silently
  4. silentness
  5. silentnesses
  6. silents
  7. Silenus
  8. Sileo
  9. Sileos
  10. silepin
  11. silepins

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