pluralize
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pluralize (third-person singular simple present pluralizes, present participle pluralizing, simple past and past participle pluralized)
- (transitive, grammar) To make plural.
- The word "orange" can be pluralized into "oranges".
- (intransitive, grammar) To take a plural; to assume a plural form.
- Nouns pluralize in English, but verbs do not.
- (transitive) To multiply; to make manifold.
- (intransitive, UK) To hold more than one ecclesiastical benefice at the same time.