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- pronunciation:
na
m
li
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
anomalies |
| definition 1: |
an act or instance of differing from the usual pattern, form, or type; peculiarity; abnormality.
The fact that our family did not own a car was an anomaly in the context of the neighborhood we lived in.- synonyms:
- aberration, abnormality, deviation, freak, oddity, peculiarity
- similar words:
- incongruity, inconsistency, irregular, irregularity, nonconformity, quirk, variance
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| definition 2: |
something that differs in this way.
- synonyms:
- abnormality, freak, irregularity, oddity, peculiarity
- similar words:
- curiosity, discrepancy, exception, incongruity, inconsistency, irregular, oddball
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| related words: |
absurdity, freak |
adjective + (n.)anomaly
accidental,
anatomic,
apparent,
arch,
atmospheric,
biological,
bizarre,
branchial,
chromosomal,
cleft,
congenital,
cultural,
curious,
developmental,
disturbing,
fetal,
genetic,
gravitational,
historical,
interesting,
knotted,
magnetic,
minor,
multiple,
mysterious,
observed,
odd,
perceptual,
rare,
reported,
seeming,
slight,
so-called,
statistical,
strange,
striking,
structural,
thermal,
vascular,
weird
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verb + (n.)anomaly
coalesce, confirm, confront, correct, detect, diagnose, highlight, ignore, mask, notice, record, resolve, reveal, spot
(n.)anomaly
+ verb
account, arise, associate, classify, display, observe, occur, persist, research, result, vary
noun + (n.)anomaly
abundance,
canal,
correction,
count,
duct,
embryology,
engineering,
explanation,
gravity,
inconsistency,
luminescence,
phrase,
pioneer,
pouch,
rainfall,
remnant,
sort,
spacetime,
subsurface,
temperature,
tissue,
type
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The word anomaly
contains the following parts:
a-1, an-1
Greek
prefix
that means not, without
  More about this word part:
Words prefixed with a-1, an-1 are nouns and adjectives. Some are loanwords from Greek (amorphous
, atrophy
). Others are English formations, which may attach the prefix to English words of Latin origin (asocial
, amoral
) or Greek origin (apolitical). The form a-1 is used before bases beginning with a consonant, while an-1 is used before bases beginning with a vowel.
Example words:
abiogenesis, abiotic, abranchiate, abysmal, abyss, achene, achromatic, achromic, adiabatic, agnostic, alexia, amenorrhea, amethyst, ametropia, amnesia, amnesty, amoral, amorphous, anaemia, anaerobe, anaerobic, analgesia, analgesic, anarchy, anecdote, anemia, aneroid, anesthesia, anesthesiology, anodyne, anomalous, anomaly, anomie, anonym, anonymous, anorexia, anoxia, anuria, apathy, aperiodic, apetalous, aphasia, aplastic anemia, apraxia, apterous, apteryx, arrhythmia, aseptic, asexual, asocial, asphyxia, astatine, asthenia, astigmatism, asymmetry, asymptote, ataractic, ataxia, atheist, atom, atonal, atrophy, avitaminosis, azygous, neurasthenia
homo, homeo, omal
Greek
root
that means one, same
Example words:
anomalous, anomaly, homeopathy, homeostasis, homoeroticism, homogeneous, homogenize, homogenous, homograph, homologous, homology, homomorphism, homonym, homophile, homophobia, homophone, homophonic, homopterous, homosexual
- synonyms:
- iso-
- antonyms:
- ali, allo, all, hetero
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