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derivational Definition


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derivation
noun
    1. The act of deriving or the state or process of being derived.
    2. The source or origin (especially of a word).
      Thesaurus: origin, source, root, beginning, foundation, basis, extraction, descent, ancestry, genealogy, etymology.
    3a. grammar.
      The process of forming a word by adding one or more affixes to another word;
    3b. grammar.
      A word formed in this way.
Derivative: derivational
adj


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