bleaching
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4ADJ.
blond, double, infectious, many, most, widespread
VERB + BLEACHING
contributes, rise, started
BLEACHING + NOUN
disease, events, hair
PREP.
on, on
Definitions
noun
The process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents.
The loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme.
Grammaticalization is often associated with 'semantic bleaching', and this 'bleaching' is the result of reanalysis […] But there is no evidence that the bleaching of the meaning of do played any role in the causation of this sequence of events.
In the development of the prepositional phrase, which did not exist in PIE, one can see a grammaticalization based on a double bleaching. […] Many of these combinations are achieved by lexical bleaching of the grammatical element and grammatical bleaching of the lexical element, as in the prepositional phrases in (11). (11) French English en auto by car
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6Grammaticalization is often associated with 'semantic bleaching', and this 'bleaching' is the result of reanalysis […] But there is no evidence that the bleaching of the meaning of do played any role
WiktionaryIn the development of the prepositional phrase, which did not exist in PIE, one can see a grammaticalization based on a double bleaching. […] Many of these combinations are achieved by lexical bleachi
WiktionarySami's mother was bleaching his hair blond to match hers.
Tatoeba · #6101721As temperatures rise, mass coral bleaching events and infectious disease outbreaks are becoming more frequent.
Tatoeba · #6684664A warming ocean causes thermal stress that contributes to coral bleaching and infectious disease.
Tatoeba · #6684666The Great Barrier Reef off Australia is facing one of its most widespread coral bleaching events on record, as water temperatures soar.
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