English verb: geminate |
1. | geminate (creation) form by reduplication |
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| Samples | The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel. The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word.
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| Synonyms | reduplicate |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | double, duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate |
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| Domain category | linguistics |
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2. | geminate (contact) occur in pairs |
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| Synonyms | pair |
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| Pattern of use | Something ----s |
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| Broader (hypernym) | occur |
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| Verb group | geminate, pair |
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3. | geminate (contact) arrange in pairs |
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| Samples | Pair these numbers.
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| Synonyms | pair |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | arrange, set up |
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| Verb group | geminate, pair |
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4. | geminate (change) arrange or combine in pairs |
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| Samples | The consonants are geminated in these words.
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | double, duplicate |
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