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- pronunciation:
- k
 m
pyu
tr
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition: |
A computer is a machine that can store and give back information. A computer can play games and do many kinds of work.
I am allowed to play on the computer for an hour after school if nobody else is using it.
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The word computer
contains the following parts:
com-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix com-
attaches to Latin bases beginning with m, p, or b. It has multiple forms, as the 'm' sound in com-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms col-, con-, cor-, and co-. Note: com-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in "commemorate" and " command
."
Example words:
- synonyms:
- syn-
put, putat
Latin
root
that means trim; count; reckon or suppose
Example words:
-er, -or, -ar2
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means a person or thing that does
More about this word part:
The suffix group -er
, -or
, -ar2 turns verbs into agent nouns.
Example words:
actor, batter3, burglar, computer, container, dancer, doctor, driver, employer, farmer, freezer, manager, motor, painter1, pitcher2, player, razor, refrigerator, runner, singer, speaker, teacher, tractor, writer
- synonyms:
- -ist, -ite2, -ator, -an, -ian, -ean
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