inmates
- 1Plural of inmate.
The new warden introduced a program that let inmates earn early release through study.
A fire in the east wing forced staff to move dozens of inmates to another block.
Note
A regular plural, made with a simple -s, and it carries every meaning the singular has. It can mean people confined to a prison or hospital, but it also names those who share a residence: hotel guests, lodgers, students living on campus. An uncommon use treats it as a synonym of passengers, people riding within a vehicle. Context decides which, so the inmates of a dormitory need not be prisoners.
inmates is a form of inmate
inmate, noun: Someone living under confinement in an institution, such as a prisoner in a jail or a patient in a hospital. Full entry
- Forms
- inmateinmates plural
- Spelling
- inmate → inmates: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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