Definition of combining form in English:

combining form

noun

Grammar

A form of a word normally used in compounds in combination with another element to form a word (e.g. Anglo- ‘English’ in Anglo-Irish, bio- ‘life’ in biology, -graphy ‘writing’ in biography).
〔语法〕组合语素（例如Anglo-Irish中Anglo-意为“英格兰的”，biology 中bio-意为“生命”，biography 中-graphy 意为“著述”）
Example sentencesExamples
- That's why they're called Cryptoaliens, ‘crypto’ being a combining form that means ‘unknown’.
- As an aside, telethon is one of those odd blends in which two combining forms, prefix and suffix, have been borrowed from separate words and jammed together, extinguishing any root word.

Usage

In this dictionary, combining form is used to denote an element that contributes to the particular sense of words (as with bio- and -graphy in biography), as distinct from a prefix or suffix that adjusts the sense of or determines the function of words (as with un-, -able, and -ation)

Definition of combining form in US English:

combining form

nounkəmˈbaɪnɪŋ ˌfɔrmkəmˈbīniNG ˌfôrm

Grammar

A linguistic element used in combination with another element to form a word (e.g., Anglo- ‘English’ in Anglo-American, bio- ‘life’ in biology, -graphy ‘writing’ in biography).
Example sentencesExamples
- As an aside, telethon is one of those odd blends in which two combining forms, prefix and suffix, have been borrowed from separate words and jammed together, extinguishing any root word.
- That's why they're called Cryptoaliens, ‘crypto’ being a combining form that means ‘unknown’.

词汇	combining form
释义	Definition of combining form in English: combining form noun Grammar A form of a word normally used in compounds in combination with another element to form a word (e.g. Anglo- ‘English’ in Anglo-Irish, bio- ‘life’ in biology, -graphy ‘writing’ in biography). 〔语法〕组合语素（例如Anglo-Irish中Anglo-意为“英格兰的”，biology 中bio-意为“生命”，biography 中-graphy 意为“著述”） Example sentencesExamples That's why they're called Cryptoaliens, ‘crypto’ being a combining form that means ‘unknown’. As an aside, telethon is one of those odd blends in which two combining forms, prefix and suffix, have been borrowed from separate words and jammed together, extinguishing any root word. Usage In this dictionary, combining form is used to denote an element that contributes to the particular sense of words (as with bio- and -graphy in biography), as distinct from a prefix or suffix that adjusts the sense of or determines the function of words (as with un-, -able, and -ation) Definition of combining form in US English: combining form nounkəmˈbaɪnɪŋ ˌfɔrmkəmˈbīniNG ˌfôrm Grammar A linguistic element used in combination with another element to form a word (e.g., Anglo- ‘English’ in Anglo-American, bio- ‘life’ in biology, -graphy ‘writing’ in biography). Example sentencesExamples As an aside, telethon is one of those odd blends in which two combining forms, prefix and suffix, have been borrowed from separate words and jammed together, extinguishing any root word. That's why they're called Cryptoaliens, ‘crypto’ being a combining form that means ‘unknown’. Usage In this dictionary, combining form is used to denote an element that contributes to the particular sense of words (as with bio- and -graphy in biography), as distinct from a prefix or suffix that adjusts the sense of or determines the function of words (as with un-, -able, and -ation)
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