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plural, plural form
the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
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singular, singular form
the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton
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ghost word
a word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error
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base, radical, root, root word, stem, theme
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
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etymon, root
a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
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citation form, entry word, main entry word
the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary
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abbreviation
a shortened form of a word or phrase
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acronym
a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name
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apocope
abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds
