derivational

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Adjective derivational has 1 sense

derivational - characterized by inflections indicating a semantic relation between a word and its base; "the morphological relation between `sing' and `singer' and `song' is derivational"
Antonym: inflectional

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Term: Derivational

*Part of Speech:* Adjective

*Definition:* Relating to the process of forming new words from existing words by adding affixes or changing the form of the base word.

*Example sentences:*

1. The derivational suffix "-ly" can be added to an adjective to form an adverb, such as adding "-ly" to "quick" to make "quickly."

2. In the word "unhappiness," "un-" is a derivational prefix that changes the meaning of the base word "happiness" to indicate the opposite.

*Related products:*

- Books on derivation in linguistics

- Books on morphology and derivation

- Books on word formation

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