Explore Singulars through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Singulars meaning
plural of singular
Using Singulars
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of singular
Context around Singulars
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Singulars
- In this selection, "singulars" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, see and beginning stand out and add context to how "singulars" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include for singulars the modern and names see singulars with collective. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "singulars" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with singulars
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Defective nouns Plurals without singulars Some nouns have no singular form. (11 words)
Singulars beginning in ki- take plurals in vi- and often refer to hand tools and other artefacts. (17 words)
For the (especially British) treatment of teams as plural even if they have singular names, see Singulars with collective meaning treated as plural above. (24 words)
For singulars, the modern possessive or genitive inflection is a survival from certain genitive inflections in Old English, and the apostrophe originally marked the loss of the old e (for example, lambes became lamb’s). (35 words)
This article discusses the variety of ways in which English plural nouns are formed from the corresponding singular forms, as well as various issues concerning the usage of singulars and plurals in English. (33 words)
For the (especially British) treatment of teams as plural even if they have singular names, see Singulars with collective meaning treated as plural above. (24 words)
Example sentences (5)
Defective nouns Plurals without singulars Some nouns have no singular form.
For singulars, the modern possessive or genitive inflection is a survival from certain genitive inflections in Old English, and the apostrophe originally marked the loss of the old e (for example, lambes became lamb’s).
For the (especially British) treatment of teams as plural even if they have singular names, see Singulars with collective meaning treated as plural above.
Singulars beginning in ki- take plurals in vi- and often refer to hand tools and other artefacts.
This article discusses the variety of ways in which English plural nouns are formed from the corresponding singular forms, as well as various issues concerning the usage of singulars and plurals in English.