English Dictionary

Define dictionary terms easily in our powerful online English dictionary.

Searching for...

No matching words found

Try a different search term or browse the dictionary

Definition lemma in British English

lemma noun

[countable] noun
/ˈlemə/
1

a philosophical statement that you accept as true in order to find out whether another statement is true

Synonyms and related words
2

a form of a word that appears as a headword in a dictionary, for example 'break' or 'person'

Synonyms and related words
Definition lemma in British English