"base form" meaning in English

See base form in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: base forms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} base form (plural base forms)
  1. Alternative form of basic form (“the uninflected form of a word used as a dictionary entry”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: basic form (extra: the uninflected form of a word used as a dictionary entry) Synonyms: basic form, canonical form, citation form, dictionary form, headword, lemma
    Sense id: en-base_form-en-noun-9IWd8ORy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "pos": "noun",
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        }
      ],
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of basic form (“the uninflected form of a word used as a dictionary entry”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-base_form-en-noun-9IWd8ORy",
      "links": [
        [
          "basic form",
          "basic form#English"
        ],
        [
          "uninflected",
          "uninflected"
        ],
        [
          "dictionary",
          "dictionary"
        ],
        [
          "entry",
          "entry"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "basic form"
        },
        {
          "word": "canonical form"
        },
        {
          "word": "citation form"
        },
        {
          "word": "dictionary form"
        },
        {
          "word": "headword"
        },
        {
          "word": "lemma"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "base form"
}
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        }
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      ],
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      ],
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          "basic form",
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        ],
        [
          "uninflected",
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        ],
        [
          "dictionary",
          "dictionary"
        ],
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          "entry",
          "entry"
        ]
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "basic form"
    },
    {
      "word": "canonical form"
    },
    {
      "word": "citation form"
    },
    {
      "word": "dictionary form"
    },
    {
      "word": "headword"
    },
    {
      "word": "lemma"
    }
  ],
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}

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