root meaning

collocation in English

meaningsofrootandmeaning

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root
noun[C]
uk
/ruːt/us
/ruːt/
the part of a plant that grows down into the earth to get water and food and holds the plant firm in ...
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meaning
noun
uk
/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/us
/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/
The meaning of something is what it expresses ...
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(Definition ofrootandmeaningfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofroot meaning

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It does not contribute anything to the verbalrootmeaningexcept telicity, an inherent endpoint to the eventuality.
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The patient in the traditional model is captured if one thinks about therootmeaningof the word patient itself.
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Her name derives from arootmeaningcovered or secret.
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This fusion ofrootmeaningand markers produces very compact sentence elements.
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According to one source it derives from arootmeaning"winding".
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The infinitive "olmak" has the stem "ol-", whoserootmeaningis become.
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Therootmeaningmay be related to mixing.
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Its name comes from arootmeaningto make noise, hum or buzz.
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The name is derived from a wordrootmeaningto find the direction or location.
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Both words are derived from arootmeaningto shape or create.
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Juno's own name may derive from the samerootmeaningyoung, and these two possibilities may be reconcilable.
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The similar related terms "gramophone" and "graphophone" have similar root meanings.
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