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con-

(KON)

with or together

Latin for with or together. Spelled co-, com-, col-, or cor- depending on the next letter.

Spellings:concomcocolcor

Example words

  • connect

    to tie together

  • convene

    to come together as a group

  • cooperate

    to work together

  • contact

    to touch — to be in connection with

Words in our dictionary that use this root

Every dataset word containing con-, with the parts it shares with other roots in our set.

  • convene

    to come together as a group

  • conduct

    to lead together — to direct an activity

  • congress

    a coming together — a group that steps in to meet

  • consent

    to feel together — to agree

  • contact

    to touch — to be in connection with

  • contemporary

    of the same time

  • connect

    to tie together

  • cooperate

    to work together

  • construct

    to build by putting parts together

  • convert

    to turn into something else

  • construction

    the act of building

  • concise

    cut short; saying much in few words

  • comfort

    to bring strength and ease to someone

  • colloquial

    of casual conversation; informal speech

Who it is for

Grades served: 4, 5

Level 1Level 1 holds the word parts students meet first. Level 3 holds the ones that turn up in harder reading.

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