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- pronunciation:
- k
muhr
shl
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or relating to trade or business.
Our offices are in the commercial district.Do you have a commercial account with our bank?- synonyms:
- business, mercantile
- similar words:
- marketable, merchant, vendible
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| definition 2: |
having profit or wealth as the primary aim.
There is a good deal of commercial fishing in the gulf.These are purely commercial novels.As a commercial endeavor, the project was a failure.The film was hailed by the critics, but it was not a commercial success.- synonyms:
- profitable
- similar words:
- mercenary
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| definition 3: |
supported by advertising rather than by government or public money.
She doesn't watch much commercial television.- similar words:
- private
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| related words: |
popular |
adverb + (adj.)commercial
away, purely
(adj.)commercial
+ adverb
overseas, tomorrow
(adj.)commercial
+ noun
advertisement,
advertiser,
agriculture,
aircraft,
airline,
airliner,
airplane,
application,
aviation,
bank,
banker,
banking,
break,
broadcaster,
broadcasting,
broker,
catch,
dairy,
developer,
development,
endeavor,
endorsement,
enterprise,
establishment,
estate,
exploitation,
farming,
fertilizer,
fisherman,
fishery,
fishing,
fleet,
flight,
generator,
grower,
guest,
harvest,
hub,
interruption,
jet,
jetliner,
landing,
launch,
leasing,
lender,
lending,
license,
litigation,
loan,
lobster,
logging,
orchard,
organic,
pilot,
potential,
printing,
property,
quantity,
reactor,
real-estate,
recycling,
residuals,
salmon,
satellite,
sector,
server,
strip,
subsistence,
success,
tenant,
timber,
transaction,
trawl,
venture,
vessel,
viability,
whaling,
workload
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
an advertisement broadcast on television or radio.
This is a very convincing commercial for their product.He got himself a snack during the commercials.- synonyms:
- ad, advertisement
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| related words: |
advertisement, jingle, plug |
adjective + (n.)commercial
negative, super
verb + (n.)commercial
direct, shoot, skip, watch
(n.)commercial
+ verb
air, feature, promote
noun + (n.)commercial
advertising, beer, campaign, film, minute, radio, series, shoe, show, television, video, viewer
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| derivation: |
commercially (adv.) |
The word commercial
contains the following parts:
com-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix com-
attaches to Latin bases beginning with m, p, or b. It has multiple forms, as the 'm' sound in com-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms col-, con-, cor-, and co-. Note: com-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " commemorate
" and " command
."
Example words:
accomplish, combat, combine, commerce, commercial, commingle, commission, commissioner, commit, comparison, complex, comport, comprehend, incomprehensible, command, commemorate, commute, compare, compel, complacent, complete, complement, complicate, compliment, compose, component, compound1, compulsory, compulsive, computer, compute
- synonyms:
- syn-
merc, merch
Latin
root
that means trade, merchandise
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, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, 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, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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