desirables
Saydi-ZY-ur-uh-buhlz/dɪˈzaɪəɹəbəlz/
- 1Plural of desirable.
The recruiter divided the applicants into desirables and long shots.
Among the new hires, the manager counted three clear desirables worth fast-tracking.
Note
An adjective turned noun, and the -s is what shows the change. As an adjective, desirable never changes for number: a desirable home, desirable homes. Once it stands alone as a noun for something people want, it counts like any other noun: one desirable, several desirables. The plural ending is the surest sign of which job the word is doing in a sentence.
desirables is a form of desirable
desirable, noun: A thing regarded as worth having; an item or quality that people want and seek out. Full entry
- Forms
- desirabledesirables plural
- Spelling
- desirable → desirables: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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