Definitions for suppletion

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suppletion sup·ple·tion

Spelling: [suh-plee-shuh n]

IPA: /səˈpli ʃən/

Suppletion is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 822 anagrams from letters in suppletion (eilnoppstu).

Definitions for suppletion

noun

1. the use in inflection or derivation of an allomorph that is not related in form to the primary allomorph of a morpheme, as the use of better as the comparative of good.

Origin of suppletion

1275-1325; Middle English: supplementation, supplement Medieval Latin supplētiōn- (stem of supplētiō) a filling up, equivalent to supplēt(us), past participle of supplēre to make complete, (s