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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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

Constant reports of corruption and profiteering are a hallmark of his second term, and Democrats are readying literally countless investigations of him and his family, and their businesses and associates.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026
Adams picked Scott Sartiano as his rep early in his term, and his fellow board members have indicated to me that Sartiano was an active board member who was pivotal and energizing for the team.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of term

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The inaugural inductees are said to represent more than a century of Australian storytelling, creativity and cultural expression and are selected by an expert panel.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2026
The BellaBot Pro, a cat-like delivery robot, with an interactive screen that displays playful facial expressions, was also among the highlights.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 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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