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Definition morpheme in British English

morpheme noun

[countable] noun
/ˈmɔː(r)fiːm/
1

the smallest unit of meaning in a language. A morpheme can be a whole word, for example 'the', or part of a word, for example 'un' in 'unable'.

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Definition morpheme in British English