Sentence examples for existing word from inspiring English sources

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In German, they merely bolt more words on to an existing word.

Some words that are in dictionaries: Retroflexion or retroflection is the closest existing word we could use in this circumstance.

Back-formation is the reverse of affixation, being the analogical creation of a new word from an existing word falsely assumed to be its derivative.

It can be a simple coinage, a complex fusion of more than one term, or a slight improvement on an existing word.

Speaking of A, one of the letters in your three new creations could be replaced by an A to produce a common previously existing word.

One of the models, known as "nearest-neighbor chaining" — which links new word meanings to the closest, existing word meanings — best predicted the historical data.

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Meanings of existing words may change.

Carroll also coined the term "portmanteau word", for merging two existing words into one new word.

However, a relationship between new words and existing words is retained.

Using existing words, come up with a name for your new invention and provide a definition.

Derivation is the formation of new words from existing words; e.g., "singer" from "sing" and "acceptable" from "accept".

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