lemmatize

lem·ma·tize

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [lem-uh-tahyz]
- /ˈlɛm əˌtaɪz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [lem-uh-tahyz]
- /ˈlɛm əˌtaɪz/

Definitions of lemmatize word

verb with object lemmatize to sort (the words in a list or text) in order to determine the headword, under which other words are then listed. 1
verb lemmatize to group together the inflected forms of (a word) for analysis as a single item 0
verb lemmatize (linguistics) To convert an inflected form of a lexeme to a lemma. 0

See all 3 definitions of lemmatize

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Origin of lemmatize

First appearance:

before 1965

One of the 2% newest English words

1965-70; < Greek lēmmat- (stem of lêmma; see lemma1) + -ize

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Parts of speech for Lemmatize

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Lemmatize

lemmatize popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 74% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

lemmatize usage trend in Literature

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