morphology

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
23
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/mɔːˈfɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
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/mɔːˈfɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ · /mɔɹˈfɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ · /moːˈfɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/

Definition of morphology

6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:
    “There are essentially two criteria: (1) adaptability to the derivational structures of the morphology and (2) consideration for what cognitive psychologists and cognitive linguists call “base-level categorization.””
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:
    “There are essentially two criteria: (1) adaptability to the derivational structures of the morphology and (2) consideration for what cognitive psychologists and cognitive linguists call “base-level categorization.””
  2. (countable, uncountable)A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:
  3. (countable, uncountable)A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:
  4. (countable, uncountable)A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:
  5. (countable)The form and structure of something.
  6. (countable)A description of the form and structure of something.

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Morphologie. By surface analysis, morpho- + -logy.

Words you can make from morphology

124 playable · top: HOMOLOGY (17 pts)

Best play homology 17 points

8-letter words

2 words

7-letter words

2 words

6-letter words

7 words

5-letter words

18 words

4-letter words

44 words

3-letter words

37 words

2-letter words

13 words

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