Meaning & use
lexeme
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A basic unit of meaning in a language's vocabulary, covering a word and all its inflected forms.
See it in a sentence
Run, runs, ran, and running are different forms of the same lexeme.
A dictionary usually lists one entry per lexeme rather than one entry per inflected form.
A note on using this word
A lexeme is an abstract unit; the specific spoken or written form of it in a sentence is called a word-form.
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