Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [lem-uh]
- /ˈlɛm ə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [lem-uh]
- /ˈlɛm ə/
Definitions of lemmata word
- noun plural lemmata a subsidiary proposition introduced in proving some other proposition; a helping theorem. 1
- noun plural lemmata an argument, theme, or subject, especially when indicated in a heading. 1
- noun plural lemmata a word or phrase that is glossed; headword. 1
- noun plural lemmata a bract in a grass spikelet just below the pistil and stamens. 1
- noun lemmata plural of lemma. 0
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Origin of lemmata
First appearance:
before 1560 One of the 32% oldest English words
1560-70; < Latin: theme, title, epigram < Greek lêmma something received, premise, akin to lambánein to take, receive, take for granted
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Parts of speech for Lemmata
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lemmata popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
lemmata usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lemmata
noun lemmata
- description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
- headline — a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
- label — a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
- caption — A caption is the words printed underneath a picture or cartoon which explain what it is about.
- rubric — a title, heading, direction, or the like, in a manuscript, book, statute, etc., written or printed in red or otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text.
Antonyms for lemmata
noun lemmata
- reality — the state or quality of being real.
- measurement — the act of measuring.
- fact — Fully Automated Compiling Technique
- proof — evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
- truth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
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