Meaning & use
morphology
The study of the forms and internal structure of words, including how they are built from smaller meaningful parts.
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In her morphology class, students learned how prefixes and suffixes change a word's meaning.
The linguist analyzed the morphology of the verb to explain its many forms.
A note on using this word
Morphology also names the study of the form and structure of living organisms in biology, a separate but related scientific use.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
The branch of biology concerned with the form and structure of organisms.
The course covered the morphology of insects, from wing shape to leg structure.
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