Thesaurus results for MORPHEME

morpheme

noun

Definition of morpheme

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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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

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Superhuman, the productivity company formerly known as Grammarly, agreed in June to acquire GPTZero for undisclosed terms.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
According to the order reviewed by The Times, Berry is prohibited from contacting Martinez, 60, and their son Maceo beyond the terms of her August 2023 split-custody agreement.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of term

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The institute is designed to bring public officials, scholars and other leaders to campus while expanding the college’s work around civic engagement, public policy, free expression and leadership.

— Nora O’Neill October 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
Companies, too, found ways to sell all natural products, flexibility and individual expression.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of expression

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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

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