verb
- past tense and past participle of pluralise; to make plural or to express in the plural form
- to increase in number or variety; to make more diverse or widespread
Usage: British English spelling; American English uses 'pluralized'; commonly used in linguistics and grammar contexts
Usage: less common usage; often used in academic or formal contexts
Examples
- The teacher pluralised the noun 'child' to 'children' on the whiteboard.
- In the sentence, the verb was pluralised to agree with the plural subject.
- The company pluralised its product line to reach more customers.
- Modern society has pluralised its cultural perspectives and values.
- The linguist pluralised the irregular noun according to standard rules.
- They pluralised the singular form to create the grammatically correct sentence.