donors
- 1Plural of donor.
Several organ donors made it possible for the transplant program to save dozens of lives.
Major donors were invited to a private reception before the gallery opening.
Note
A regular plural that carries every meaning of the singular, so the surrounding words decide which donors are meant. Besides people who give money or organs, it can name objects broken beyond repair and kept for spare parts. In chemistry it names groups or molecules that give up electrons, radicals or moieties in a reaction. Chemists pair donors with acceptors, the partners on the receiving end.
donors is a form of donor
donor, noun: A person who gives money, goods, or other support to a cause, an organization, or a person in need. Full entry
- Forms
- donordonors plural
- Spelling
- donor → donors: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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