pluralize
verbEtymology From plural + -ize.
1
Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences To make plural.
- The word "orange" can be pluralized into "oranges".
2
Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences To take a plural; to assume a plural form.
- Nouns pluralize in English, but verbs do not.
3
To multiply; to make manifold.
4
UK To hold more than one ecclesiastical benefice at the same time.
- Derived terms
- pluralizability, pluralizable, pluralizer, unpluralized