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"ref": "1700, A. Lane, A Key to the Art of Lettershttps://books.google.ccom/books?id=d81lAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA19&dq=%22compound+word%22",
"text": "A Compound Word, is that which is Compounded of two or more Words; as a Book-Seller, Compounded of Book and Seller; a Watch-man, of Watch and Man."
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"ref": "1858, Charles Peter Mason, English grammarhttps://books.google.com/books?id=XmoCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA74&dq=%22compound+word%22",
"text": "A word is a compound word when it is made up of two or more parts, each of which is a significant word by itself; as, apple-tree, tea-spoon, spend-thrift."
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"ref": "1911, “Bow”, in Encyclopædia Britannica:",
"text": "Thus it is found in English compound words, e.g. “elbow,” “rainbow,” “bow-net,” “bow-window,” “bow-knot,” “saddle-bow,” and by itself as the designation of a great variety of objects.",
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"ref": "1994, James R. Hurford, Grammar: A Student's Guidehttps://books.google.com/books?id=ZaBKd8pT6kgC&pg=PA43&dq=%22compound+words%22",
"text": "Compound words contrast with words built up by the use of affixes. Thus, for example, re-use, substandard, hyperventilate, prehistoric and pro-communist woud not usually be counted as compound words ..."
},
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"ref": "2014, Kelly Hackett, Compound Words--Banana Splits Literacy Center",
"text": "Some important vocabulary words your child needs to study are compound words. A compound word is made when two words are joined together to form a new word. For example, the word rainbow is made using the words rain and bow."
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"ref": "2018, Dale D. Johnson, Words: The Foundation of Literacyhttps://books.google.com/books?id=Jx9WDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT40&dq=%22compound+words%22",
"text": "As stated above, compound words are formed by joining two words into one word. Some compound words retain elements of the meanings of the two words. Examples include sunlight, flagpole, flying fish, and bridge-builder."
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"text": "1784, Noah Webster, A Grammatical Institute of the English languagehttps://books.google.cz/books?id=S09gAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA8&dq=%22compound+word%22https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/evans/N14876.0001.001/1:4?rgn=div1;submit=Go;subview=detail;type=simple;view=fulltext;q1=compound+word\nA compound word is formed of two or more simple words; as, country-man, gold-smith, ink-horn; or of a simple word and a preposition; as, over-come, with-draw, dis-engage."
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{
"ref": "1700, A. Lane, A Key to the Art of Lettershttps://books.google.ccom/books?id=d81lAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA19&dq=%22compound+word%22",
"text": "A Compound Word, is that which is Compounded of two or more Words; as a Book-Seller, Compounded of Book and Seller; a Watch-man, of Watch and Man."
},
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"ref": "1858, Charles Peter Mason, English grammarhttps://books.google.com/books?id=XmoCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA74&dq=%22compound+word%22",
"text": "A word is a compound word when it is made up of two or more parts, each of which is a significant word by itself; as, apple-tree, tea-spoon, spend-thrift."
},
{
"ref": "1911, “Bow”, in Encyclopædia Britannica:",
"text": "Thus it is found in English compound words, e.g. “elbow,” “rainbow,” “bow-net,” “bow-window,” “bow-knot,” “saddle-bow,” and by itself as the designation of a great variety of objects.",
"type": "quote"
},
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"ref": "1994, James R. Hurford, Grammar: A Student's Guidehttps://books.google.com/books?id=ZaBKd8pT6kgC&pg=PA43&dq=%22compound+words%22",
"text": "Compound words contrast with words built up by the use of affixes. Thus, for example, re-use, substandard, hyperventilate, prehistoric and pro-communist woud not usually be counted as compound words ..."
},
{
"ref": "2014, Kelly Hackett, Compound Words--Banana Splits Literacy Center",
"text": "Some important vocabulary words your child needs to study are compound words. A compound word is made when two words are joined together to form a new word. For example, the word rainbow is made using the words rain and bow."
},
{
"ref": "2018, Dale D. Johnson, Words: The Foundation of Literacyhttps://books.google.com/books?id=Jx9WDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT40&dq=%22compound+words%22",
"text": "As stated above, compound words are formed by joining two words into one word. Some compound words retain elements of the meanings of the two words. Examples include sunlight, flagpole, flying fish, and bridge-builder."
},
{
"text": "1784, Noah Webster, A Grammatical Institute of the English languagehttps://books.google.cz/books?id=S09gAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA8&dq=%22compound+word%22https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/evans/N14876.0001.001/1:4?rgn=div1;submit=Go;subview=detail;type=simple;view=fulltext;q1=compound+word\nA compound word is formed of two or more simple words; as, country-man, gold-smith, ink-horn; or of a simple word and a preposition; as, over-come, with-draw, dis-engage."
}
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}
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"sciences"
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "bard baṙ",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "բարդ բառ"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "skládanaje slóva",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ger kevrennek"
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"word": "liesger"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "slóžna dúma",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"tags": [
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"word": "сло́жна ду́ма"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "複合詞"
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"roman": "fùhécí",
"sense": "word composed of others",
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"sense": "word composed of others",
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"sense": "word composed of others",
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"sense": "word composed of others",
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"word": "mot composé"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "rtuli siṭq̇va",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "რთული სიტყვა"
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "c̣armokmnili siṭq̇va",
"sense": "word composed of others",
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"sense": "word composed of others",
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "šedgenili siṭq̇va",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "შედგენილი სიტყვა"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "word composed of others",
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"sense": "word composed of others",
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sýntheti léxi",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"tags": [
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],
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},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "word composed of others",
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "word composed of others",
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "word composed of others",
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"tags": [
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "kata majemuk"
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"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "yhissetty sana"
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"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "parola composite"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "word composed of others",
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"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"tags": [
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"word": "comṡuidigthe"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "parola composta"
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"alt": "ふくごうご",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fukugōgo",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "複合語"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "gōseigo",
"sense": "word composed of others",
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tvĕəʼyĕəʼviət",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "ទ្វយវាទ"
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"roman": "hapseong'eo",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "합성어"
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"roman": "bokhabeo",
"sense": "word composed of others",
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"sense": "word composed of others",
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"word": "žodžių junginys"
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"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "kata majmuk"
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"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "samastapadaṁ",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "സമസ്തപദം"
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"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"tags": [
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],
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "word composed of others",
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"sense": "word composed of others",
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"sense": "word composed of others",
"tags": [
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"sense": "word composed of others",
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hamsâxte",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "هَمساخته"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "esm-e morakkab",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "اِسْمِ مُرَکَّب"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "złożenie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "palavra composta"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "cuvânt compus"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slóžnoje slóvo",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сло́жное сло́во"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "samāsa",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "समास"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "facal fillte"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "složenica"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sestavljenka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "palabra compuesta"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word composed of others",
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word composed of others",
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"word": "sammansättning"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word composed of others",
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"word": "sammansatt ord"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "salitang tambalan"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "samāsamu",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "సమాసము"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sà-màat",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "สมาส"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kam-bprà-sǒm",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "คำประสม"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kam-pà-sǒm",
"sense": "word composed of others",
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},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "birleşik sözcük"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "birleşik kelime"
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skladné slóvo",
"sense": "word composed of others",
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"neuter"
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"word": "складне́ сло́во"
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"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "birikken söz",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "بىرىككەن سۆز"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "từ ghép"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "koboyümavöd"
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{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"word": "mot d' aplacaedje"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cyfansoddair"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "word composed of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gair cyfansawdd"
}
],
"word": "compound word"
}
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