com|bin|ing form

com|bin|ing form
com|bin|ing form «kuhm BY nihng»,
a form of a word used for combining with other words or other combining forms to make new words. Examples: »

Psycho- + analysis = psychoanalysis; Franco- + -phile = Francophile; micro- + -graph = micrograph.

In psychoanalysis, psycho- is a combining form meaning “mind”; in Francophile, Franco- is a combining form meaning “French,” and -phile is a combining form meaning “a person who is fond of”; in micrograph, micro- is a combining form meaning “small; micoscopic” and -graph is a combining form meaning “an instrument that records,” or “something drawn or recorded.”

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