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Meaning
Noun
●
In Linguistics & Semantics:
A
lexical item
corresponding
to the set
of all
words
(or
of all
multi-word expressions
) that are
semantically
related through
inflection
of a particular
shared
basic
form.
The
abstract
minimum
unit of language
or
meaning
that
underlies
such a set.
●
In Linguistics:
A
lexical item
corresponding
to the set
of all
words
(or
of all
multi-word expressions
) that are
semantically
related through
inflection
of a particular
shared
basic
form.
The set itself; a
lexemic
family.
The word-form
chosen
to
represent
such a set or family.
●
In Computing:
An individual
instance
of a
continuous
character
sequence
without
spaces
, used in
lexical analysis
(see token).
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Origin
lexeme
English
lexis
Latin
λέξις
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
λέγω
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Semanteme
Headword
Lemma
Lexical Item
Base Form
Basic Form
Canonical Form
Citation Form
Dictionary Form
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Verb
Meaning
Suffix
Noun
Morpheme
Word
Phoneme
Adjective
Prefix
Vowel
Language
Lexicon
Utterance
Pronoun
Gerund
Idiom
Phrase
Suffixes
Signifier
Syllable
Morphemes
Sentence
Words
Translation
Preposition
Cognate
Denotation
Vocabulary
Keyword
Predicate
Phonology
Meanings
Creole
Semantics
Consonant
Dialect
Noun Phrase
Lexical Item
Root Word
Target Language
Proper Noun
Simple Sentence
Part Of Speech
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