▸ noun: (linguistics) A lexical item corresponding to the set of all words (or of all multi-word expressions) that are semantically related through inflection of a particular shared basic form. ▸ noun: (strictly) The abstract minimum unit of language or meaning that underlies such a set. ▸ noun: (loosely, metonymically) The set itself; a lexemic family. ▸ noun: (loosely, metonymically) The wordform chosen to represent such a set or family. ▸ noun: (computing) An individual instance of a continuous character sequence without spaces, used in lexical analysis.
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