synthetic
- adjective
- /sɪnˈθɛtɪk/
- Specialized
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sintético
- A number of studies have demonstrated that systematic, explicit decoding instruction that emphasized synthetic phonics yielded better results than other instructional methods (Aukerman, 2004; National Reading
Examples
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Most teachers, being pragmatists, do some combination of analytic and synthetic phonics.
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A review of research on the perception of synthetic sentences revealed a pattern of results similar to that observed on single-word tasks (Koul, 2003).
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"The sad blue people, and bulls, analytic cubism made the illusion of depth, synthetic cubism the picture is flat... ran, has run, will have been running..."
Fiction book (1996) -
SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar), a satellite radar technology with super-fine spatial resolution.
Blog text (27) -
The purpose of the study was to test the intelligibility and comprehensibility of similar acoustic patterns (paronyms) to students with and without visual impairments when these paronyms were rendered in synthetic speech.
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Another of Nanny's three fundamental points is that chiasmus takes on greater significance in an analytic language dependent on word order, such as English, than it does in a synthetic one dependent on paradigmatic conjugations and declensions.
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Basque is a synthetic language that combines root and modifying elements into complex words.
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In a synthetic language, verbs often change forms to indicate tense, aspect, and mood all at once.
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The structure of synthetic languages allows speakers to convey multiple grammatical meanings in single words.
Synonyms
A word made of two or more small parts that each have meaning
A way of combining separate parts to make a whole
Antonyms
Compounds
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A man-made stretchy material made with chemicals like natural rubber
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A man-made drug like morphine that helps people addicted to heroin avoid withdrawal symptoms
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People make it in a lab or factory rather than find it in nature
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A later painting style with simple shapes, bright colors, and glued paper pieces
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A language that shows grammar by adding endings or small parts to words
How Synthetic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Synthetic for languages comes from synthesis ('put together'), and a synthetic language is one that joins roots and endings into single words to show a lot of meaning at once.