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noun

• a minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language; `go' and `went' and `gone' and `going' are all members of the English lexeme `go'

40%12 A complete, meaningful form of a word.
noun

• one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed

26%14 Single meaningful item in a language
noun

• one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed

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