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back-forms

back-forms is the plural of back-form.

back-forms is the third-person singular simple present indicative of back-form.

Meaning of back-form

Noun

back-form (plural back-forms)

  1. A back-formation; a word formed by removing a perceived morpheme from an older word.

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Questions about back-forms

What is back-forms the plural of?
Back-forms is the plural of back-form.

Words near back-forms in the dictionary

  1. back-form
  2. back-formation
  3. back-formations
  4. back-formed
  5. back-forming
  6. back-forms
  7. back-friend
  8. back-friends
  9. back-ganging
  10. back-hand
  11. back-handed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: back-forms (page history and authors); back-form (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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