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What are Combining Forms Combining Form Combining form is a form of a word that can combine with another word or another combining form to get a new word. Combining form adds extra meaning to the new word. Combining form is added to the beginning or end of another word or another combining form. Examples: Agro- in Agro-industry Agro- denotes: connected with farming Counter- in Counter-argument Counter- denotes: against; opposite Super- in Superman Super- denotes: more or better than normal Thermo- in Thermonuclear Thermo- denotes: connected with heat Combining Forms - A AERO- Used to form: nouns, adjectives and adverbs General meaning: connected with aircraft Examples: aerobatics / aerodrome / aerodynamics / aerofoil / aerogramme / aeronaut / aeronautics / aerospace / aerostat ******** AGRO- Used to form: nouns, adjectives and adverbs General meaning: connected with farming Examples: agrochemical / agro-forestry / agro-industry / agronomist / agronomy ******** ALL- Used to form: adjectives and adverbs General meaning: completely in the highest degree Examples: all-American / all-around / all-British / all-Canadian / all-clear / all-consuming / all-embracing / all-encompassing / all-important / all-inclusive / all-night / all-nighter / all-out / all-over / all-pervading / all-powerful ******** ANGLO- Used to form: nouns and adjectives General meaning: English or British Examples: Anglo-American / Anglo-Catholic / Anglo-Catholicism / Anglo-Dutch / Anglo-Indian / Anglo-Irish / Anglomania / Anglo-Norman / Anglophile / Anglophobia / Anglophobic / Anglophone / Anglo-Saxon ******** ANTHROPO- Used to form: nouns, adjectives and adverbs General meaning: connected with humans Examples: anthropocentric / anthropocentrism / anthropoid / anthropological / anthropologist / anthropology / anthropomorphic / anthropomorphism / anthroposophy ******** ARCH- Used to form: nouns General meaning: most important; chief or main Examples: archbishop / archangel / archduke / archenemy / archrival ******** ASTRO- Used to form: nouns, adjectives and adverbs General meaning: connected with the stars or outer space Examples: astrolabe / astrologer / astrological / astrology / astrometry / astronaut / astronomer / astronomical / astronomically / astronomy / astrophysicist / astrophysics ******** AUDIO- Used to form: nouns, adjectives and adverbs General meaning: connected with hearing or sound Examples: audio-book / audio-cassette / audio-lingual / audiology / audio-meter / audio-metric / audiophile / audiotape / audio-typist / audio-visual ********

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Manik Joshi was born on Jan 26, 1979 at Ranikhet and is permanent resident of Haldwani, Kumaon zone of India. He is an internet marketer by profession. He is interested in domaining (business of buying and selling domain names), web designing (creating websites), and various online jobs (including 'self book publishing'). He is science graduate with ZBC (zoology, botany, and chemistry) subjects. He is also an MBA (with specialization in marketing). He has done three diploma courses in computer too. ManikJoshi.com is the personal website of the author.

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