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combining form
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combining form
(noun)
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combining form
noun
plural
combining forms
combining form
noun
plural
combining forms
Learner's definition of COMBINING FORM
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linguistics
:
a form of a word (such as
electro-
in
electromagnetic
or
mal-
in
malodorous
) that only occurs as a part of other words
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