a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form
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a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; e.g. an ‘-s’ at the end of plural nouns
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a variant phonological representation of a morpheme; "the final sounds of ‘bets’ and ‘beds’ and ‘horses’ and ‘oxen’ are allomorphs of…
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; e.g. an ‘-s’ at the end of plural nouns
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.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: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.a bound form used only in compounds; "‘hemato-’ is a combining form in words like ‘hematology’"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have ‘-ism’ as an ending"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.a morpheme that can occur alone
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.a morpheme that can occur alone
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.an affix that is inserted inside the word
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.an affix that is added at the end of the word
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.an affix that is added in front of the word
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.
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A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of sta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.A suffix from AS. -an, formerly used to form the plural of many nouns, as in ashen, eyen, oxen, all obs. except oxen. In some cases, s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influenc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular number only…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter pa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Her…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinite article…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); bur…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew's pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many pl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.
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