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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

lemma

Hi,

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I know what the word 'lemma' means in math, but ...what does 'lemma' mean in this context?...

Thank you!

mus-te
  

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From an online dictionary: Lemma (Linguistics) a word considered as its citation form together with all its inflected forms. For example, the lemma go consists of go together with goes, going, went, and gone.

  • From an online dictionary: Lemma (Linguistics) a word considered as its citation form together with all its inflected forms.
  • For example, the lemma go consists of go together with goes, going, went, and gone.
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From an online dictionary:

Lemma (Linguistics) a word considered as its citation form together with all its inflected forms. For example, the lemma go consists of go together with goes, going, went, and gone.
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Understood.
Thank you, Mister Micawber!

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