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Word: Affinity
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English (in the sense ‘relationship by marriage’): via Old French from Latin affinitas, from affinis ‘related’ (literally ‘bordering on’), from ad- ‘to’ + finis ‘border’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈfɪnɪti
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a natural liking for and understanding of someone or something
Short Definition:natural understanding
Examples:- he had a special affinity with horses
Definition:
the degree to which a substance tends to combine with another
Short Definition:binding/combining
Examples:- the bacterial proteins bind to these molecules with high affinity
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