"base form" meaning in English

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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

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for base form meaning in English (1.0kB)

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      "word": "canonical form"
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