descriptor
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referred to in: linguistics - the scientific study of languageis a type of: word - a unit of language that native speakers can identifysubtypes:
- plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
- singular, singular form - the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton
- ghost word - a word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error
- base, radical, root, root word, stem, theme - (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- etymon, root - a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
- citation form, entry word, main entry word - the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary
- abbreviation - a shortened form of a word or phrase
- acronym, initialism - a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word
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referred to in: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structuresis a type of: information - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
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