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When the prefix "re-" is added to a monosyllabic word, the word gains currency both as a noun and as a verb. Most of the pairs listed below are closely related: for example, "absent" as a noun meaning "missing", and as a verb meaning "to make oneself missing". There are also many cases in which homographs are of an entirely separate origin, or ...
For the second portion of the list, see List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z. Asterisked (*) meanings, though found chiefly in the specified region, also have some currency in the other region; other definitions may be recognised by the other as Briticisms or Americanisms respectively. Additional usage ...
Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.
Spec may refer to: Specification (technical standard), an explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service datasheet, or "spec sheet"
The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes commonly used in the English language from P to Z. See also the lists from A to G and from H to O.
Jason Kelce is poking fun at himself after a look-alike contest was held in his honor. Dozens of doppelgangers congregated on Rittenhouse Square Park in Philadelphia on Saturday, December 14, to ...
The word specification is broadly defined as "to state explicitly or in detail" or "to be specific". A requirement specification is a documented requirement , or set of documented requirements, to be satisfied by a given material, design, product, service, etc. [ 1 ] It is a common early part of engineering design and product development ...
A father of five said he can't leave his house without being plagued by selfie requests from people mistaking him as former U.S. President Barack Obama.