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aer·i·al
 aerial
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- pronunciation:
- eI
ri
 l
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or happening in the air or atmosphere.
The people who jumped out of the plane joined hands to form an aerial circle before they landed on the ground safely.
- similar words:
- atmospheric, celestial, heavenly
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| definition 2: |
having to do with or done by means of flying.
My house looked so small in the aerial photograph of my neighborhood. |
(adj.)aerial
+ noun
application, bomb, bombardment, combat, day, force, image, night, photo, photograph, photography, sensing, shot, spraying, survey, system, view
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a radio or television antenna.
Why don't you put up the aerial so we can hear the radio better?- synonyms:
- antenna
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adjective + (n.)aerial
allied, capable, continued, continuous, detailed, extended, extensive, intense, live, massive, spectacular, unmanned, vertical
verb + (n.)aerial
derive, endure, launch, perform
(n.)aerial
+ verb
bomb, combat, conduct, count, firefighting, fly, maneuver, shoot, spot, spray, survey
noun + (n.)aerial
aircraft, cargo, helicopter, inlet, jet, map, mile, observation, palm, pilot, plane, satellite, sighting, skiing, sky, turtle, whale
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| derivation: |
aerially (adv.) |
The word aerial
contains the following parts:
aer, aero
Greek
root
that means air, gas
  Example words:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, annual, artificial, biblical, brutal, capital, central, chemical, classical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, personal, plural, political, potential, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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