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Combining form
combining form
noun Date: 1884 a linguistic form that occurs only in compounds or derivatives and can be distinguished descriptively from an affix by its ability to occur as one immediate constituent of a form whose only other immediate constituent is an affix (as cephal- in cephalic) or by its being derived from an independent word (as electro- representing electric in electromagnet or para- representing parachute in paratrooper) or can be distinguished historically from an affix by the fact that it is borrowed from another language in which it is descriptively a word or a ~ (as French mal giving English mal- in malodorous)
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(combining forms) A combining form is a word that is used, or used with a particular meaning, only when joined to another word. For example, ‘-legged’ as in ‘four-legged’ and ‘-fold’ as in ‘fivefold’ are combining forms. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n technical a form of a word that has a meaning but cannot be used alone, and is used with other words to make new ones such as `Anglo', meaning `English', in the word `Anglo-American' ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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