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kilometers

noun
USkuh-LOM-i-turz/kəˈlɑmɪtəɹz/UKki-LOM-i-tuhz/kɪˈlɒmɪtəz/

UK spellingkilometres

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  1. 1
    noun
    Plural of kilometer.

    The marathon route stretches more than forty kilometers through the hills.

    Satellites orbit hundreds of kilometers above the planet's surface.

    Note

    The American spelling of the plural. Writers who follow the -re pattern write kilometres for the same distance of one thousand meters each. The plural covers every quantity except exactly one, so decimals and fractions take it too: 1.5 kilometers, 0.8 kilometers. A spelling choice made for the singular carries straight through to the plural.

kilometers is a form of kilometer

kilometer, noun: An SI unit of length equal to 1,000 meters, written with the symbol km. Full entry

Forms
kilometerkilometers plural
Spelling
kilometer → kilometers: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /z/.

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