lemmatize

[ lem-uh-tahyz ]

verb (used with object),lem·ma·tized, lem·ma·tiz·ing.
  1. to sort (the words in a list or text) in order to determine the headword, under which other words are then listed.

Origin of lemmatize

1
1965–70; <Greek lēmmat- (stem of lêmma;see lemma1) + -ize
  • Also especially British, lem·ma·tise .

Other words from lemmatize

  • lem·ma·ti·za·tion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for lemmatize

lemmatize

lemmatise

/ (ˈlɛməˌtaɪz) /


verb
  1. (tr) linguistics to group together the inflected forms of (a word) for analysis as a single item

Derived forms of lemmatize

  • lemmatization or lemmatisation, noun

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