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underlying forms

underlying forms is the plural of underlying form.

Meaning of underlying form

Noun

underlying form (plural underlying forms)

  1. The abstract form that a given morpheme is postulated to have before any phonological rules are applied.

Questions about underlying forms

What is underlying forms the plural of?
Underlying forms is the plural of underlying form.

Words near underlying forms in the dictionary

  1. underly
  2. underlye
  3. underlyes
  4. underlying
  5. underlying form
  6. underlying forms
  7. underlying functor
  8. underlying functors
  9. underlying set
  10. underlying sets
  11. underlyingly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underlying forms (page history and authors); underlying 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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