a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase
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a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it
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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 hi…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.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
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted i…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation, Word formation.a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.a newly invented word or phrase
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.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 c…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the com…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.(linguistics) a word that is derived from another word; "‘electricity’ is a derivative of ‘electric’"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.a word that is formed with a suffix (such as ‘-let’ or ‘-kin’) to indicate smallness
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.a word having two syllables
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected form…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation; "the word ‘bow’ is an example of a heteronym"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., ‘monolingual’ has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)
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Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arriv…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.To attach; to affix.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.of Affix
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.of Affix
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.of Affix
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.An affix.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.the act of taking possession of or power over something; "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.A familiar name for an aunt. In the southern United States a familiar term applied to aged negro women.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.(usually followed by ‘with’) well informed about or knowing thoroughly; "conversant with business trends"; "familiar with the complex…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.
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