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Webster 1913 Edition
Morphological
{
Morˊpho-log′ic
,Morˊpho-log′ic-al
, }Adj.
[Cf. F.
morphologique
.] (Biol.)
Of, pertaining to, or according to, the principles of morphology.
– Morˊpho-log′ic-al-ly
, adv.
Definition 2024
morphological
morphological
English
Adjective
morphological (not comparable)
- Of, or pertaining to, morphology
- 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar, Cambridge: University Press, ISBN 0-521-34750-5, page 5:
- In much the same way, morphological competence is reflected in the native speaker's intuitions about morphological well-formedness and structure. For example, native speakers of English know that van and can have the respective plural forms vans and cans, but that the plural of man is men and not *mans. [...]
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Translations
relating to morphology
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Derived terms
- morphologically adv
Related terms
- morph verb
- morpheme noun
- morphology noun
- morphologist noun