LEXEME

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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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