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phonic

[fon-ik, foh-nik]
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adjective
  1. of or relating to speech sounds.
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Origin of phonic

First recorded in 1815–25; phon- + -ic
Related formsphon·i·cal·ly, adverb
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Examples from the Web for phonic

Historical Examples

  • Their greatest contribution to education is the phonic method of spelling.

    History of Education

    Levi Seeley

  • How was a glyphic comparison of the phonic symbols of both languages made in substantiation of the oral comparison?

    Ulysses

    James Joyce

  • Economy of utterance has had to do with the phonic constitution of words; economy of thought has developed the sentence.

  • Meaning does not adhere to the phonic presentation of thought, while it does to signs.

  • Enliven the phonic drills occasionally by originating little rhymes, using the words of the series to be reviewed.

    How to Teach Phonics

    Lida M. Williams

Word Origin and History for phonic

adj.

"pertaining to sound," 1793, from Greek phone "voice" (see fame (n.)) + -ic.

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
phonic in Medicine

phonic

(fŏn′ĭk)
adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or having the nature of sound, especially speech sounds.
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