combining form

Definition of Combining Form in English :

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Noun

1. combining form

a bound form used only in compounds

Example Sentences:
'hemato-' is a combining form in words like hematology''

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Combining Form

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noun

a linguistic element that occurs only as part of a compound word, such as anthropo- in anthropology

Combining Form

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a word form that occurs only in compounds or derivatives, and that can combine with other such forms or with affixes to form a word (Ex.: bio- and -lysis in biolysis)

Combining Form

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n.

A modified form of an independent word that occurs only in combination with words, affixes, or other combining forms to form compounds or derivatives, as electro- (from electric) in electromagnet or geo- (from Greek geō-, from gē "earth") in geochemistry.

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