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LEXEME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lexeme mean?
• LEXEME (noun)
The noun LEXEME has 1 sense:
1. a minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language; 'go' and 'went' and 'gone' and 'going' are all members of the English lexeme 'go'
Familiarity information: LEXEME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language; 'go' and 'went' and 'gone' and 'going' are all members of the English lexeme 'go'
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("lexeme" is a kind of...):
language unit; linguistic unit (one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed)
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