Word: reapportionments
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
app
or
tion
ments
Definition: Plural of reapportionment; a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)
Morphemes:
Affix: re-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: again, anew
Etymology Compounds: Affix: re-
Language: la
Decoded: re-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: back, backwards
Affix: apportion
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ad
Language: la
Decoded: ad
PoS: Preposition
Meaning: for, to, toward
Affix: portio
Language: la
Decoded: portio
PoS: Noun
Meaning: relation, proportion
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.