seniors
The plural of "senior" is seniors.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and senior follows this rule.
Meaning: an older person, or a student in the final year (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with seniors: the seniors are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: seniors'.
How do you pronounce it?
senior is pronounced /ˈsiːnjə(ɹ)/. The plural ending sounds like /z/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not use an apostrophe to make a plural. seniors means more than one, while an apostrophe shows that something belongs to someone.
Did you know?
- The -s plural goes back to the Old English ending -as, which belonged to only one group of nouns, as in stānas, "stones". By the end of the Middle Ages it had spread to almost every noun.
Examples in context
- Seniors get a discount.Singular: A senior gets a discount.
- The seniors graduate in June.Singular: The senior graduates in June.
