Language
morphology
noun
Definition
The study of the forms of words, including how words are constructed from smaller meaningful units.
In a sentence
“Understanding morphology helps learners decode unfamiliar words by recognising prefixes and suffixes.”
Synonyms
word structureword formation
Common collocations
- word morphology
- morphological structure
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