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morpheme \mor"pheme\ (m[^o]r"f[=e]m), n. (Linguistics) The smallest unit of meaning of a language, which cannot be divided into smaller parts carrying meaning; it is usually smaller than a single wordform, such as the -ed morpheme of verbs in the past tense or the -s morpheme of nouns in the plural form. [PJC]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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morpheme

noun

minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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