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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Alternative form of back-form (“a back-formation”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
(construction)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: empty-gloss, no-gloss
Topics: business, construction, manufacturing
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verb
Alternative form of back-form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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History
A back-formation from backformation. By surface analysis, back- + form.
From back- + form.
