Standard Lemma guide
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.
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In verbs: denoting the sense "through", as in perforate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, morpheme
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In verbs: denoting the sense "thoroughly", as in perfect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, morpheme
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In verbs: denoting the sense "to destruction", as in pervert.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, morpheme
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In adjectives and adverbs: denoting the sense "extremely", as in perfervid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, morpheme
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prefix
Forming nouns and adjectives denoting the maximum proportion of one element in a compound, as in peroxide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Added to the name of an element in a polyatomic ion to denote the number of atoms of that element (usually four).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Denoting the sense "by" or "per", as in perchance or perhaps.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, morpheme
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin perbor. Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per-bor. English per- Borrowed from Latin per and per-.
Borrowed from Old French per (modern French par).
