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Definition word family in American English

word family noun

[countable] noun
/ˈwɜrd ˌfæm(ə)li/
1

a group of words that share the same root but have different affixes, for example "help," "helpful," "helpless," "helper" and "unhelpful"

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Definition word family in American English