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
An adjective used to show that a noun refers to something outside the category that the noun normally represents.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: adjective, word, term
noun
An adjective indicating that a noun lacks some other noun, or a quality of that noun; usually formed in English by the affixation of the suffix -less or suffixoid -free to the noun that is absent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: possessional adjective
Broader terms: adjective, word, term
History
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Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
