plural

C1 · Advanced Academic · Formal

adj. made up of many different groups, ideas, or parts.

adj. relating to a system or society that contains different groups or diverse elements; pluralistic.

“We live in a plural society where many different cultures exist together.”

“The philosopher argued that a plural approach to ethics is necessary to accommodate the diverse values found in modern democracies.”

B1 · Intermediate Countable noun

n. the form of a word that you use when you are talking about more than one thing.

n. a word or grammatical form used to denote more than one referent.

“In English, most nouns form their plural by adding an 's' at the end.”

“The professor noted that some collective nouns can take either a singular or a plural verb depending on the intended emphasis.”