lemmatize
[ lem-uh-tahyz ]
verb (used with object),lem·ma·tized, lem·ma·tiz·ing.
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- Also especially British, lem·ma·tise .
Other words from lemmatize
- lem·ma·ti·za·tion, noun
Words Nearby lemmatize
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British Dictionary definitions for lemmatize
lemmatize
lemmatise
/ (ˈlɛməˌtaɪz) /
verb
(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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