centrals
SaySEN-truhlz/ˈsɛntɹəlz/
- 1Plural of central.
Operators at the city's centrals connected thousands of calls each day.
The network routed traffic through several regional centrals before reaching the coast.
Note
Only the noun can take this -s. The adjective central has no plural, whether it means 'in the middle', 'key to something', or the algebraist's 'commuting with every element'. So a phrase like 'the central issues' never becomes 'the centrals'. The noun is a quieter word, used especially in the US for a center. Its plural therefore counts places, not qualities.
centrals is a form of central
- Forms
- centralcentrals plural
- Spelling
- central → centrals: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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