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bound form

DEFINITIONS OF: bound form

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n a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an -s at the end of plural nouns

Synonyms:
bound morpheme
Types:
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combining form
a bound form used only in compounds
affix
a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form
prefix
an affix that is added in front of the word
postfix, suffix
an affix that is added at the end of the word
infix
an affix that is inserted inside the word
Type of:
morpheme
minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
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