Combining Forms Dictionary

This app is designed to help you study combining forms and how to form an adjective, noun or verb from combining forms.

Combining form is a form of a word that can combine with free word, root word or another combining form to get a new word.

For example:
▪ -affected :to form an adjective meaning "suffering from the thing that is mentioned"
flood-affected, rain-affected, famine-affected

▪ crypto- to form a noun meaning "secret"
cryptography, cryptocurrency

▪ -afflicted: to form an adjective meaning "badly affected from the thing that is mentioned"
conflict-afflicted, disease-afflicted, poverty-afflicted

▪ -appointed: to form an adjective meaning "chosen"
court-appointed, government-appointed, president-appointed

▪ - consuming: to form an adjective meaning "using"
fuel-consuming, power-consuming, time-consuming

▪ fast- to form an adjective meaning "quick"
fast-charging, fast-growing

▪ fore- to form adjective, noun, verb meaning "before, in advance"
foreboding, forecast, foretell

▪ high- to form adjective, noun, verb meaning "far above, greater"
high-flown, high-flyer, high-grade

▪ -induced to form adjective, noun meaning "caused by"
diet-induced, earthquake-induced

▪ -infested to form adjective meaning "existing in large numbers of something unpleasant that is mentioned"
alligator-infested, bacteria-infested

▪ low - to form adjective, noun, verb meaning "below"
low-class, low-grade, low-intensity

▪ mid- to from adjective, noun meaning "middle"
mid-air, mid-Atlantic, midday, midlife, mid-range

▪ much- to form adjective meaning "greatly"
much-cited, much-debated, much expected

▪ pseudo- to form adjective, adverb, noun meaning "not genuine"
pseudo-science, pseudo-secular

▪ -prone to form adjective meaning "likely to suffer"
accident-prone, corruption-prone, flood-prone

▪ -free to form adjective meaning "without"
corruption-free, stress-free, tax-free, sugar-free

▪ vice- to form noun and adjective
vice-admiral, vice president, vice captain

▪ radio- to form adjective, noun, adverb meaning "connected with radio wave"
radio-controlled, radiotherapy

▪ -raising to form adjective and noun meaning "lifting or increasing"
awareness-raising, hair-raising, fundraising

and many more.

If you are preparing for SAT, IELTS, TOEFL, etc, this app will greatly help you to increase your vocabulary. It also improves your reading and writing skills. Using word such as "poverty-stricken", "corruption-free", "technology-driven", "time-consuming" in your essay and be a plus.

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