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bound form

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bound morpheme, bound formnoun

    a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an -s at the end of plural nouns

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  1. bound formnoun

    a unit of language that can be only be used as part of a word, not as a word on its own (such as the English suffix -ly)

  2. Etymology: bound + form

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  1. bound form

    In linguistics, a bound morpheme is a morpheme (the elementary unit of morphosyntax) that can appear only as part of a larger expression; a free morpheme (or unbound morpheme) is one that can stand alone. A bound morpheme is a type of bound form, and a free morpheme is a type of free form.

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  1. bound form

    A bound form is a term related to linguistics, referring to a morpheme or word part that cannot stand alone, but must be attached to another element to have meaning. It is typically a prefix, suffix, or infix that changes or contributes to the meaning of the word. For example, in the word "disagree,” "dis-" is a bound form as it cannot stand alone and its combination with "agree" changes the meaning.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bound form in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bound form in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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