lex·eme (l k s m )n. The fundamental unit of the lexicon of a language. Find, finds, found, and finding are forms of the English lexeme find. |
lexeme [ˈlɛksiːm]
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(Linguistics) Linguistics a minimal meaningful unit of language, the meaning of which cannot be understood from that of its component morphemes. Take off (in the senses to mimic, to become airborne, etc.) is a lexeme, as well as the independent morphemes take and off
[from lex(icon) + -eme]
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| Noun | 1. | lexeme - 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' language unit, linguistic unit - one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed |
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