pluralization

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Pluralization is the process of making a word plural—changing its form to indicate more than one: The pluralization of "child" to "children" is irregular.

In computing, pluralization refers to software logic that handles singular and plural forms automatically: The framework's pluralization converts "person" to "people" in database tables.

grammatical

singular

One in number

declension · agreement · number · conjugation · countable · uncountable · irregular · regular · ending · marker

irregular

mice

Small gnawing mammals

feet · teeth · men · women · sheep · fish · deer · cacti · fungi · alumni

linguistic

English

Britain's native tongue

  • LatinAncient Roman language
  • GreekOf Athenian origin
  • ArabicSemitic language family member

Hebrew · Japanese · Chinese · language · system · rule · exception · loanword · borrowed · native

sociopolitical

diversity

State of varied elements

perspectives · multiculturalism · democracy · viewpoints · communities · identities · recognition · acknowledgment · expansion · visibility

computing

string

Slender fiber or character sequence

internationalization · variable · API · formatting · software · library · function · count · display · UI

Categories
Opposites
grammatical number direction

pluralizationsingularizing

Making grammatically one

quantity/multiplicity

pluralizationindividuation

Distinguishing one from many

singularity · unification · unitization · specification · consolidation

Family

plural, plurality, pluralism, pluralist, plurals, pluralistic, pluralists, pluralized, pluralize

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