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A
unknown · 78% connection
The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, upon, beside, outside.
A-
unknown · 78% connection
A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, upon, beside, outside.
Ablaut
noun · 78% connection
The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, upon, beside, outside.
Asper
noun · 78% connection
The rough breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, upon, beside, outside.
Aspirate
verb · 78% connection
To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, upon, beside, outside.
Augment
noun · 78% connection
A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, upon, beside, outside.
Besides
preposition · 78% connection
Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See Beside, prep., 3, and Syn. under Beside.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, upon, beside, outside.
Cata
unknown · 78% connection
The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, upon, beside, outside.
Central vowel
noun · 78% connection
(linguistics) any vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.; "In practice, unround…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, upon, beside, outside.
Com-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, upon, beside, outside.
Consonant
noun · 78% connection
An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alpha…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, upon, beside, outside.
Di-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix denoting through; also, between, apart, asunder, across. Before a vowel dia-becomes di-; as, diactinic; dielectric, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, upon, beside, outside.
Diphthongize
v. t. & i. · 78% connection
To change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, upon, beside, outside.
Ecthlipsis
noun · 78% connection
The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, upon, beside, outside.
Elison
noun · 78% connection
The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, upon, beside, outside.
Epoch
noun · 78% connection
A fixed point of time, established in history by the occurrence of some grand or remarkable event; a point of time marked by an event…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, upon, beside, outside.
Epochal
adjective · 78% connection
Belonging to an epoch; of the nature of an epoch.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, upon, beside, outside.
Ex-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it sig…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, upon, beside, outside.
