Sentence examples for a root word from inspiring English sources

Soil orders are named by adding the suffix -sol to a root word.

Whatever type of ring the Yankees' principal owner, George Steinbrenner, settles on, Torre wants a particular thought inscribed, with a root word: Persevere.

"I guess I didn't really realize this before — the word cynic has almost the opposite meaning from how it is now," Mr. Eskenazi said, who pointed out the many links between the words "dog" and "cynic," not least that they share a root word in ancient Greek.

More than one suffix can follow a root word.

The Latin word passer, like the English word "sparrow", is a term for small active birds, coming from a root word referring to speed.

Prefixes are attached to the front of a root word to add a function.

From a Greek root word suggesting unveiling hidden information or revealing secret knowledge about unfolding human events.

The show concerns the single mother of a young toddler; the title's root word is a familiar vulgar acronym denoting a mother's erotic appeal.

It is a good idea to make a note of the root word with its meaning next to your word in the reading domain.

Many words are formed by adding either a prefix to the beginning of the root word or a suffix to the end of the root word to change its meaning, tense, or part of speech.

Each of these distinctions is expressed simply as a conjugation of the root word for vision.