Meaning of -or | Babel Free
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Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed. morpheme
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Used to form nouns of quality, state, or condition. morpheme
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Appended to the names of members of classes of components, especially those that have an extensive property name of the same root suffixed with -ance morpheme
Examples
“settle + -or → settlor”
“survive + -or → survivor”
“Resistors possess resistance and inductors possess inductance.”
“err + -or → error”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.