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Definition of bound form noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bound form

noun
 
/ˈbaʊnd fɔːm/
 
/ˈbaʊnd fɔːrm/
(also bound morpheme)
(linguistics)
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  1. a unit of language that can only be used as part of a word, not as a word on its own, for example ‘ly’ in ‘slowly’
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