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- pronunciation:
- me
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nih
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the structure, parts, or whole assemblage of a machine or mechanical system or device.
He carefully opened the old watch so that he could study the mechanism.The flintlock was a mechanism that solved many of the problems of firing a gun.- synonyms:
- machine
- similar words:
- action, apparatus, device, instrument
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| definition 2: |
the operative or motive part, process, or factor that effects a result.
Enzyme action is the mechanism by which food is digested.- synonyms:
- process
- similar words:
- action, apparatus, engine, factor, motor, operation
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| definition 3: |
automatic or habitual behavior or response, esp. elaborated patterns of self-protective thought and feeling.
Denial is a common defense mechanism.- synonyms:
- reflex
- similar words:
- reaction, response
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| definition 4: |
the doctrine or theory that everything in the universe is the result of physical forces.
- synonyms:
- materialism
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| related words: |
appliance, contrivance, feed, machine, medium, tool, working |
adjective + (n.)mechanism
adaptive,
alternative,
appropriate,
automatic,
basic,
biological,
built-in,
causal,
cellular,
cognitive,
compensatory,
complex,
defensive,
detailed,
effective,
efficient,
evolutionary,
exact,
existing,
formal,
fundamental,
genetic,
informal,
institutional,
internal,
locking,
molecular,
multilateral,
physiological,
precise,
primary,
proposed,
protective,
psychological,
regulatory,
specific,
underlying,
unknown,
various
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verb + (n.)mechanism
activate,
cope,
devise,
enable,
enforce,
establish,
evolve,
facilitate,
function,
generate,
incorporate,
lack,
link,
market,
mediate,
monitor,
operate,
propose,
provide,
regulate,
resolve,
trigger,
underlie,
utilize
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(n.)mechanism
+ verb
control, ensure, implement, prevent
noun + (n.)mechanism
accountability,
adaptation,
adjustment,
allocation,
assurance,
compliance,
control,
cooperation,
coordination,
coping,
defense,
delivery,
dispute,
enforcement,
evolution,
exchange,
feedback,
financing,
firing,
formation,
funding,
garbage,
identification,
implementation,
incentive,
injury,
insight,
market,
monitoring,
oversight,
ratchet,
repair,
resistance,
resolution,
sector,
selection,
settlement,
steering,
survival,
transmission,
transport,
trigger,
understanding,
verification
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The word mechanism
contains the following parts:
mechan
Greek
root
that means machine; means
  Example words:
-ism1
Greek
noun-forming suffix
that means act, process, state, practice, or instance of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ism1 attaches to Greek roots to form nouns which usually have a corresponding verb ending in "-ize, -ise". See also -ism2.
Example words:
anachronism, aphorism, archaism, autism, baptism, criticism, dwarfism, embolism, euphemism, heliotropism, heroism, hypnotism, magnetism, mechanism, metabolism, neologism, phototropism, plagiarism, sophism, syllogism, tropism
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