Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The formation, construction, or composition of words.
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Examples
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However, they still follow general English word-building conventions.
Kentucky: more than just fried chicken Tyler 2009
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Icelandic lends itself to word-building like no other language does.
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Are you intested in something else than word-building?
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A brief history of the grammatical changes of the language and its vocabulary, with exercises on synonyms, prefixes, suffixes, word-analysis, and word-building.
Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Brainerd Kellogg
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Frequent supplementary dictation, word-building and phonic exercises should be given.
What the Schools Teach and Might Teach John Franklin Bobbitt
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A brief history of the grammatical changes of the language and its vocabulary, with exercises on synonyms, prefixes, suffixes, word-analysis, and word-building.
Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Brainerd Kellogg
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A brief history of the grammatical changes of the language and its vocabulary, with exercises on synonyms, prefixes, suffixes, word-analysis, and word-building.
Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Brainerd Kellogg
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Hence speech must soon fail to serve the new developments of thought, unless the process of word-building can be itself proportionately improved; unless, in other words, a new and scientifically constructed Language can be devised adequate to all the wants of science.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Boethius's use of _sempiternitas_, as well as his word-building, seem to be peculiar to himself.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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He was always word-building, a metaphorist, lavish with singing adjectives; but often he built in confusion because it was difficult to describe something beautiful in a new yet simple way.
The Ragged Edge Harold MacGrath 1901
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