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- pronunciation:
- kuhr
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si
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
currencies |
| definition 1: |
the money that is used in a country.
The dollar is the basic unit of U.S. currency.
- similar words:
- cash, money
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| definition 2: |
the condition of being used or accepted by many people.
Her ideas about how girls should act no longer have currency. |
| related words: |
bill |
The word currency
contains the following parts:
cur1, curr, cor1, corr, curs, cour1, cours
Latin
root
that means to run
  Example words:
concur, corral, corridor, course, currency, current, curriculum, excursion, occur, occurrence, recur
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, admittance, agency, arrogance, attendance, audience, buoyancy, conference, confidence, consequence, consistency, currency, deficiency, difference, disappearance, disturbance, emergency, frequency, importance, independence, occurrence, preference, presidency, residence, science, tendency
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