lemma
noun/ˈlemə/
/ˈlemə/
(plural lemmas, lemmata
/ˈlemətə/
/ˈlemətə/
)- (specialist) a statement that is assumed to be true in order to test the truth of another statement
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- (linguistics) the basic form of a word, for example the singular form of a noun or the infinitive form of a verb, as it is shown at the beginning of a dictionary entry
Word Originlate 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek lēmma ‘something assumed’; related to lambanein ‘take’.
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