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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Plural \Plu"ral\, adjective [L. pluralis, from plus, pluris, more; cf. F. pluriel, OF. plurel. See {Plus}.] Relating to, or containing, more than one; designating two or more; as, a plural word.
Plural faith, which is too much by one. --Shak.
{Plural number} (Gram.), the number which designates more than one. See {Number}, noun, 8.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Plural \Plu"ral\, noun (Gram.) The plural number; that form of a word which expresses or denotes more than one; a word in the plural form.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
plural
adjective: grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units [ant: {singular}]
noun: the form of a word that is used to denote more than one [syn: {plural form}] [ant: {singular}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "plural": a certain number, a few, certain, composite, dual, more, more than one, nonuniqueness, not singular, number, numerous, numerousness, pluralism, pluralistic, plurality, pluralness, plurative, several, singular, some, trial, variety, various
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