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  • 41Form of the Good — Plato describes The Idea of the Good in his dialogue, The Republic , speaking through the character of Socrates. The Idea of the Good is the child or offspring (ekgonos) of the Good, the ideal or perfect nature of goodness, and so an absolute… …

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  • 42form class — Gram. a class of words or forms in a given language that have one or more grammatical features in common, as, in Latin, all masculine nouns in the nominative singular, all masculine singular nouns, all masculine nouns, or all nouns. [1920 25] * * …

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  • 43form teacher — noun (C) BrE the teacher who is responsible for all the students in the same class at a school formula noun plural formulas or formulae / li:/ 1 (singular) a method or set of principles that you use to solve a problem or to make sure that… …

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  • 44form class — /ˈfɔm klas/ (say fawm klahs) noun Linguistics a class of words or forms in a language with one or more grammatical features in common, as (in Latin) all masculine nouns in the nominative singular, or all masculine singular nouns, or all masculine …

  • 45List of Latin words with English derivatives — This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article both… …

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  • 46Combining form — In the linguistics of word formation, a combining form (also neoclassical element) is a bound base designed to combine with another combining form or a free word. For example, bio combines with graphy to form biography .Words with combining forms …

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  • 47William Whitaker's Words — is a computer program that parses the inflection or conjugation of a Latin word, and also translates the root into English. Given an English word, the program outputs Latin translations. The software, written in Ada, is free for download but can… …

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  • 48combining form — noun a bound form used only in compounds hemato is a combining form in words like hematology • Members of this Usage Domain: ↑smitten, ↑stricken, ↑struck, ↑columned, ↑billed, ↑bedded, ↑visaged, ↑ …

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  • 49not mince words — to say what you mean as clearly and simply as possible. Tom didn t mince any words he told us right at the beginning of the meeting that he was quitting his job. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form mince words to say something that is not… …

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  • 50put words in someone's mouth — put words in (someone s) mouth to say what you think someone else should say. I never suggested that she should move don t try to put words in my mouth. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form put words into someone s mouth …

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