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-oid

a suffix meaning “resembling,” “like,” used in the formation of adjectives and nouns (and often implying an incomplete or imperfect resemblance to what is indicated by the preceding element):
alkaloid; anthropoid; cardioid; cuboid; lithoid; ovoid; planetoid.

-oid

suffix forming adjectives

indicating likeness, resemblance, or similarity
anthropoid

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A suffix meaning “like” or “resembling,” as in ellipsoid, a geometric solid that resembles an ellipse.

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Origin of -oid¹

< Greek -�Ǳ𾱻�ŧ��, equivalent to -o- -o- + -�𾱻�ŧ�� having the form of, derivative of ��î��ǲ� form

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of -oid¹

from Greek -�Ǳ𾱻�ŧ�� resembling, form of, from eidos form

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Example Sentences

Ruben Amorim has already beaten Manchester City twice this season - once with Sporting, and then with Manchester United - but can he make it three wins out of three at OId Trafford on Sunday?

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So this is different, and it is why we are at the stage where Rashford is speaking openly about a "new challenge" - but he does not have to leave OId Trafford for that.

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It came 31 days after Eddie Howe's side recorded an emphatic 3-0 victory at OId Trafford in the Carabao Cup.

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Thompson played alongside Boutier, a member at OId American.

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A Russian spy at the British embassy in Berlin was caught by a sting operation, the OId Bailey has heard.

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