morphological
gb/mˌɔɹfəlˈɑd͡ʒɪkəl/ us/mˌɔɹfəlˈɑd͡ʒɪkəl/
C1
Inglês
Acepções
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adjective
technical
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relation
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Relating to word forms
connected with how words are built and how their forms change
Padrão de uso:
morphological [feature/rule/change/analysis]
Erro comum:
Do not confuse morphological with morphology: morphology is the noun; morphological is the adjective.
Sinônimos
morphemic (more specifically related to morphemes)
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inflectional (more specifically related to grammatical word endings or forms)
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grammatical (broader; includes syntax and other parts of grammar)
Antônimos
syntactic (contrasts word-internal structure with sentence structure)
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phonological (contrasts word structure with sound structure)
Colocações
morphological analysis
|morphological structure
|morphological rule
|morphological feature
|morphological change
|morphological marker
|morphological form
|morphological complexity
|morphological processing
|morphological awareness
Temas
linguistics
|grammar
|language_learning
|nlp
Exemplos
- The software can identify morphological endings such as -ed, -ing, and -s.
- Old English had more morphological case marking than modern English.
- Students compared the morphological structure of words like unhappiness and reusable.
Exemplos para estudantes
- Cats has a simple morphological ending.
- A prefix is a morphological part of a word.
adjective
technical
C1
relation
2
Relating to biological form
connected with the shape or structure of a plant, animal, body part, or cell
Padrão de uso:
morphological [feature/change/difference/abnormality]
Erro comum:
In everyday speech, use physical, structural, or anatomical rather than morphological unless the context is scientific or medical.
Sinônimos
structural (more general; focuses on structure)
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anatomical (specifically related to body structure)
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phenotypic (related to observable traits, often including more than shape)
Antônimos
functional (concerned with what something does rather than its form)
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physiological (concerned with biological processes rather than shape or structure)
Colocações
morphological features
|morphological characteristics
|morphological differences
|morphological changes
|morphological abnormalities
|morphological variation
|morphological traits
|morphological adaptation
|morphological diversity
|morphological evidence
Temas
biology
|medicine
|anatomy
|science
Exemplos
- The study found subtle morphological differences between the two frog species.
- Doctors looked for morphological changes in the cells after treatment.
- The bird's long beak is a morphological adaptation to its diet.
Exemplos para estudantes
- The two plants have different morphological features.
- The test showed a morphological change in the cells.
adjective
technical
C1
relation
3
Relating to shape or structure
connected with the shape or structure of something
Padrão de uso:
morphological [property/pattern/change/structure]
Erro comum:
Morphological does not simply mean changed; it means related to form or structure.
Sinônimos
structural (more common and general)
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formal (focused on form, often in academic contexts)
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shape-related (plain-language alternative)
Antônimos
functional (concerned with purpose or use rather than form)
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behavioral (concerned with behavior rather than physical structure)
Colocações
morphological properties
|morphological patterns
|morphological structure
|morphological changes
|morphological characteristics
|morphological features
|morphological evolution
|morphological classification
|morphological analysis
|morphological transformation
Temas
science
|engineering
|geography
|materials
|urban_planning
Exemplos
- The microscope revealed the morphological properties of the metal surface.
- Satellite images show morphological changes along the coastline after the storm.
- Researchers studied the morphological growth of the city over two centuries.
Exemplos para estudantes
- The rocks showed clear morphological patterns.
- The map shows morphological changes in the river.
Gramática
Forma no dicionário
morphological
AFI
GB/mˌɔɹfəlˈɑd͡ʒɪkəl/
US/mˌɔɹfəlˈɑd͡ʒɪkəl/
Sílabas e tonicidade
mor - pho - lo - gic - al (5 sílabas)
Stress on 3rd syllable (lo)
Formas da palavra
Adjective
- Base: morphological
Expressões
morphological analysis
1/mˌɔɹfəlˈɑd͡ʒɪkəl ænˈælɪsɪs/
fixed phrase
technical
Analysis of word structure
the study of how a word is built from smaller meaningful parts
Exemplos
- The search engine uses morphological analysis to match run, runs, and running.
- In class, students practiced morphological analysis by separating prefixes, roots, and suffixes.
- Morphological analysis can show that unhelpful contains un-, help, and -ful.
morphological analyzer
1/mˌɔɹfəlˈɑd͡ʒɪkəl ˈænəlˌaɪzɚ/
fixed phrase
technical
Tool for word-form analysis
a computer tool that finds the parts and grammar of words
Exemplos
- The team built a morphological analyzer for a language with complex verb forms.
- A good morphological analyzer can recognize that walked is walk plus a past-tense ending.
- The app uses a morphological analyzer to give dictionary entries for inflected words.
morphological awareness
1/mˌɔɹfəlˈɑd͡ʒɪkəl əwˈɛɹnəs/
fixed phrase
technical
Awareness of word parts
the ability to notice word parts and use them to understand words
Exemplos
- Strong morphological awareness helps children understand words like rewrite, writer, and writing.
- Teachers used word-building games to develop students' morphological awareness.
- Research links morphological awareness with better reading comprehension.
morphological operation
1/mˌɔɹfəlˈɑd͡ʒɪkəl ˌɑpɚˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
technical
Shape-based image operation
a computer image process that changes or checks shapes
Exemplos
- The program applied a morphological operation to remove small white spots from the image.
- Erosion and dilation are common morphological operations in computer vision.
- A morphological operation helped separate the touching objects in the scan.
morphological species concept
1/mˌɔɹfəlˈɑd͡ʒɪkəl spˈiʃiz kˈɑnsɛpt/
fixed phrase
technical
Species defined by form
a method that identifies species by their body form and structure
Exemplos
- The fossil record often requires researchers to use the morphological species concept.
- Under the morphological species concept, small differences in shell shape may separate two species.
- The morphological species concept can be difficult to apply when males and females look very different.
morphological typology
1/mˌɔɹfəlˈɑd͡ʒɪkəl tˌaɪpˈɔləɡi/
fixed phrase
technical
Classification by word structure
classification of languages by how their words are formed
Exemplos
- The course on morphological typology compared isolating and agglutinative languages.
- In morphological typology, Turkish is often described as agglutinative.
- Morphological typology helps linguists compare languages that are not historically related.