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Definition of combining form noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

combining form

noun
 
/kəmˈbaɪnɪŋ fɔːm/
 
/kəmˈbaɪnɪŋ fɔːrm/
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  1. a form of a word that can combine with another word or another combining form to make a new word, for example techno- and -phobe in technophobe
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