Historical word formation

a shortened form of a word or phrase

a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word; "‘NATO’ is an initialism for North Atlantic…

a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it

the act of blending components together thoroughly

a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; "‘smog’ is a blend of ‘smoke’ and ‘fog’"; "‘motel’ is a portmanteau word m…

the act of blending components together thoroughly

the act of clipping or snipping

the act of clipping or snipping

the act of inventing a word or phrase

the act of combining things to form a new whole

the act of combining things to form a new whole

a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also common in E…

a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also common in E…

the act of combining things to form a new whole

interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition

(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase

(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase

(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase

creation by mental activity; "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories"

the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; "HTML is an initialism for HyperText…

a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word; "‘NATO’ is an initialism for North Atlantic…

the act of inventing a word or phrase

the act of inventing a word or phrase

a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; "‘smog’ is a blend of ‘smoke’ and ‘fog’"; "‘motel’ is a portmanteau word m…

a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; "‘smog’ is a blend of ‘smoke’ and ‘fog’"; "‘motel’ is a portmanteau word m…

the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)

the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)

the act of clipping or snipping

a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all mornin…

indicating an initial point or origin

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"

a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase

a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the anto…

abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds; "the British get ‘pud’ from ‘pudding’ by apocope"

the act of attaching or affixing something

a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line

a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page

a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades

a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs

a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language

a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language

a newly invented word or phrase

the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"

a flowing together

a flowing together

an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended; "the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Bab…

the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holid…

the act of combining into an integral whole; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimo…

a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds; "‘won't’ is a contraction of ‘will not’"; "‘o'clock’ is a contraction…

a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication…

(linguistics) a word that is derived from another word; "‘electricity’ is a derivative of ‘electric’"

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a wor…

a word that is formed with a suffix (such as ‘-let’ or ‘-kin’) to indicate smallness

a word having two syllables

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause

the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a wor…

the act of fusing (or melting) together

(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation; "the word ‘bow’ is an example of a heteronym"

two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings

a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., ‘monolingual’ has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)

the act of combining into an integral whole; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimo…

the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"

the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; "the interspersion of illustrations in the text"

rise and fall of the voice pitch

the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holid…

a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"

a word borrowed from another language; e.g. ‘blitz’ is a German word borrowed into modern English

a word borrowed from another language; e.g. ‘blitz’ is a German word borrowed into modern English

a flowing together

the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"

the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"

the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"

rise and fall of the voice pitch

a word or utterance of one syllable

a newly invented word or phrase

a newly invented word or phrase

a small sharp bite or snip

a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"

a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the anto…

word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable

a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward

a word that strongly resembles another word in spelling

word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable

word (such a ‘some’ or ‘less’) that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole

a small sharp bite or snip

a word of more than three syllables

a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms; "‘pick’ is the primitive from which ‘picket’ is derived"

word having stress or acute accent on the antepenult

(grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as ‘fifteen’ or ‘many’)

(logic) a word (such as ‘some’ or ‘all’ or ‘no’) that binds the variables in a logical proposition

a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word)

the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry"

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a wor…

the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry"

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

a word that is more specific than a given word

any word or group of words functioning as a noun

two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context

the act of tempering

a word or expression used for some particular thing; "he learned many medical terms"

a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"

a word having three syllables

the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holid…

the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holid…

the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holid…

a word that is spoken aloud

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a wor…