C2 noun #84,262 most common

lemma

UK /ˈlɛmə/ | US /ˈlɛmə/

A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.

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  • (noun) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
  • (noun) The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.
  • (noun) (psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
  2. 2
    noun The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.
  3. 3
    noun (psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.

Synonyms

citation form

Antonyms

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