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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
plural
/ˈplɔː.ɹəl/
adjective1 of 2
refers to more than one person or thing
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noun2 of 2
(grammar) A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)