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word-formation

word-formation is the alternative form of word formation.

Meaning of word formation

Noun

word formation (countable and uncountable, plural word formations)

  1. The formation of new words by the processes of derivation and composition.

Forms of word-formation

pluralword-formations

Questions about word-formation

What is word-formation the alternative form of?
Word-formation is the alternative form of word formation.

Words near word-formation in the dictionary

  1. word-breaks
  2. word-deafness
  3. word-final
  4. word-for-word
  5. word-form
  6. word-formation
  7. word-formational
  8. word-formations
  9. word-forms
  10. word-hoard
  11. word-hoards

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Adapted from Wiktionary: word-formation (page history and authors); word formation (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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