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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Players on the winning team of this year’s Finals will each take home $60,000, while runners-up will earn $20,000 apiece, under terms of the historic collective bargaining agreement signed earlier this year between owners and players.

— Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Several polls have shown the Texas contest competitive as Abbott seeks a fourth term in office.

— Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of term

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Photographed and directed by Gabriel Moses, the campaign brings each icon into sharp focus, placing them at the center of a crowd as a powerful expression of individuality.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Some movements feel unnatural, facial expressions are exaggerated, and small details occasionally fall into the uncanny valley or break rules of logical consistency.

— Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 14 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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