(linguistics) a word that is derived from another word; "‘electricity’ is a derivative of ‘electric’"
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the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
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the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Borrowing and loanwords.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: Word origins, Linguistics, Borrowing and loanwords.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: Word origins, Linguistics, Borrowing and loanwords.a word that is more specific than a given word
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Borrowing and loanwords.two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Borrowing and loanwords.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, Borrowing and loanwords.(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.(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.(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.(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.(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.(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.a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Borrowing and loanwords.the appropriation (of ideas or words etc.) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Borrowing and loanwords.the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Borrowing and loanwords.the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Borrowing and loanwords.the appropriation (of ideas or words etc.) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"
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play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the serv…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semantic, role, animate, entity, passively.the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the v…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semantic, role, animate, entity, passively.the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the v…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semantic, role, animate, entity, passively.the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semantic, role, animate, entity, passively.Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semantic, role, animate, entity, passively.the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semantic, role, animate, entity, passively.the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semantic, role, animate, entity, passively.A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semantic, role, animate, entity, passively.A rhetorical figure resulting from a reverted arrangement in the last clause of a sentence of the two principal words of the clause pr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semantic, role, animate, entity, passively.The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clau…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semantic, role, animate, entity, passively.a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semantic, role, animate, entity, passively.the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semantic, role, animate, entity, passively.
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