derivational meaning

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derivational (adjective): characterized by inflections indicating a semantic relation between a word and its base.

Definition of derivational

  1. characterized by inflections indicating a semantic relation between a word and its base
    • the morphological relation between `sing' and `singer' and `song' is derivational

    Opposite: inflectional

derivational in a sentence

Scrabble score: 16 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with DE · words ending in AL · 12-letter words

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