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linguistics

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. linguistics (noun plural but singular in construction)
  2. areal linguistics (noun)
  3. computational linguistics (noun plural but usually singular in construction)
  4. contrastive linguistics (noun)
  5. general linguistics (noun)

lin·guis·tics

noun pl but singular in constr \liŋ-ˈgwis-tiks\

Definition of LINGUISTICS

: the study of human speech including the units, nature, structure, and modification of language

First Known Use of LINGUISTICS

circa 1837

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cognate, collocation, homonym

Rhymes with LINGUISTICS

ballistics, ekistics, logistics, patristics, statistics, stylistics

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