Phrase guide
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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
A type of word part; a bound morpheme; used in combination with a word, a different combining form, or an affix to form a new word.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
A character encoded with a sequence of other characters instead of a precomposed character.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, media, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, publishing, sciences, typography
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noun
a bound form used only in compounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: bound morpheme, bound form
History
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Across languages
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