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Noun Concept
Categories: Word coinage, Linguistic morphology
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clipping
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In linguistics, clipping, also called truncation or shortening, is word formation by removing some segments of an existing word to create a synonym. Wikipedia
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lexicography
morphology
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In linguistics, clipping, also called truncation or shortening, is word formation by removing some segments of an existing word to create a synonym. Wikipedia
The formation of a new word by shortening it, e.g. "ad" from "advertisement" Wikipedia Disambiguation
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derivation
word
Wikipedia
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clipping (morphology)
Wikidata
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clipping
Wikipedia Redirections
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Clipped syntax, Clipped word, Clipping (lexicography), shortening (grammar), shortenings

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