根 — meaning in English

English meaning

• eradicate verb To destroy or get rid of something completely, especially a disease or problem.
• radical adjective Favoring extreme, fundamental change, especially in politics or society.
• root noun The underground part of a plant that anchors it and draws in water and nutrients.

Senses

根 is used for these senses in English:

• eradicate (transitive) To pull up by the roots.
• radical (arithmetic) A root (of a number or quantity).
• root The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
• root (analysis) A zero (of an equation).
• root (linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.

radical — full definition

1. adjective Favoring extreme, fundamental change, especially in politics or society.
2. adjective Thorough and far-reaching; affecting the most basic or essential part of something.
3. noun A person who holds extreme or fundamentally reforming political views.
4. noun In chemistry, a group of atoms that behaves as a single unit in reactions (often short for "free radical").

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