morpheme

noun

Definition of morphemenext
as in monosyllable

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Recent Examples of morpheme Important, too, was the morpheme a-, which referred to the mouth and, more broadly, to origins. — Anvita Abbi, Scientific American, 16 May 2023 Those words are made up of morphemes, small elements that change their meaning depending on how they are combined. — Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023 Each of the, say, two hundred and fifty passengers on each flight hanging unwittingly on each morpheme. — Gregory Pardlo, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2017
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  1. monosyllable
  2. term
  3. expression
  4. linguistic form
Noun
  • Hearing this jab of monosyllables is like being poked in the eye.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
  • But where the two Stegosaurus brothers speak in Jurassic monosyllables, Stegothesaurus has the gift of a bountiful vocabulary.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 22 June 2018
Definition of monosyllable
Noun
  • Some states, however, have chosen not to adopt the federal rule because of concerns about near-term revenue losses.
    — Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Judge Andy Porter placed him under a term of deferred adjudication probation.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of term
Noun
  • Current facial recognition systems, originally developed for photographs, can compare faces despite differences in pose, lighting, expression, age, and image quality.
    — Karen Chernick, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Elaborate veils and rigid dress codes gradually gave way to more personal expressions of grief, while black dresses and tailoring became enduring wardrobe staples.
    — Livia Caligor, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of expression
Noun
  • The sophism therefore happens when the linguistic form of human knowledge is taken as evidence for the existence of the same internal phenomenon.
    — Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • And comparing more recent historic forms of English and Sranan to get at centuries-old linguistic forms isn’t ironclad, Creanza pointed out.
    — Cathleen O'Grady, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2018
Definition of linguistic form

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