columnists
USKAH-luhm-nists/ˈkɑ.ləm.nɪsts/UKKO-luh-mists/ˈkɒ.lə.mɪsts/
- 1Plural of columnist.
Political columnists offered sharply different takes on the new budget.
Many sports columnists predicted an upset in the championship final.
Note
The plural is entirely regular: the -s is simply added, with no change to the stem. The possessive is where writers slip. It is one columnist's view, but several columnists' views, with the apostrophe after the s. The word names people who write a recurring column for a newspaper or magazine, so it usually travels with a word for their beat, as in political columnists or sports columnists.
columnists is a form of columnist
columnist, noun: A person who regularly writes a column for a newspaper or magazine. Full entry
- Forms
- columnistcolumnists plural
- Spelling
- columnist → columnists: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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