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phenomena

[ fi-nom-uh-nuh ]

noun

  1. a plural of phenomenon.


phenomena

/ fɪˈnɒmɪnə /

noun

  1. a plural of phenomenon


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Usage Note

As with other plurals of Latin or Greek origin, like media and criteria, there is a tendency to use the plural phenomena as a singular ( This phenomena will not be seen again ), but such use occurs infrequently in edited writing. The plural form phenomenas, though occasionally seen, has even less currency.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of phenomena1

First recorded in 1580–90 with spelling phænomena

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Example Sentences

One of the most romantic—and, some would say, unrealistic—phenomena of American culture is the concept of “the one.”

Much of this shift reflects the social phenomena of inheritors in general.

Two 20th-century phenomena, occurring in quick succession, are the culprits.

That law governs all sorts of phenomena, including rocket engines, collisions between electrons, and car wrecks.

Comic-Con is now a huge pop culture phenomena and major money maker for San Diego.

The particular phenomena of vegetation also afford abundant evidence that humus cannot be the only source of carbon.

First of all comes astronomy, including the phenomena exhibited in the heavens, beyond the limits of the earth's atmosphere.

The reader will therefore, I am sure, bear with me if I make two or three silly suggestions upon this phenomena of moving tables.

At first geologists were disposed to attribute all the phenomena of mountain-folding to the progressive cooling of the earth.

Look beyond the phenomena of uplifted mountain-masses, deep-scooped ocean basins, forest-laying tempests and land-consuming waves.

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