officers
- 1Plural of officer.
Several officers were stationed at each entrance to the stadium.
The company's senior officers met to approve the annual budget.
Note
A regular plural, made with a plain -s, that carries every meaning of the singular: soldiers of rank, police, public officeholders, a company's senior officials. The same spelling also serves as a verb, because to officer a regiment means to supply it with officers. In "the academy officers the fleet," it is a verb with a singular subject. In "the officers met," it is the plural noun.
officers is a form of officer
officer, noun: A person who holds a position of authority or responsibility in an organization, especially in the armed forces, the police or government, but also in a company, union or club. Full entry
- Forms
- officerofficers plural
- Spelling
- officer → officers: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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