RULE OF MORPHOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rule of morphology mean? 

• RULE OF MORPHOLOGY (noun)
  The noun RULE OF MORPHOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. a linguistic rule for the formation of words

  Familiarity information: RULE OF MORPHOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RULE OF MORPHOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A linguistic rule for the formation of words

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

morphological rule; rule of morphology

Hypernyms ("rule of morphology" is a kind of...):

linguistic rule; rule ((linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice)