dictionary form
The basic form of a word used as a dictionary entryThe basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry (of any part of speech, but especially of a verb).
» The dictionary form of the verb is equivalent to the English simple present or the present progressive.
Meaning
1 sensesThe basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry (of any part of speech, but especially of a verb).
The dictionary form of the verb is the infinitive in English, the first-person singular present indicative in Ancient Greek, and the third-person masculine singular perfect in Semitic languages.
Grundform, Lemmaform, Wörterbuchform
слова́рная фо́рмаslovárnaja fórma, начальная форма словаnačalʹnaja forma slova, леммаlemma
Examples
2 sentencesThe dictionary form of the verb is equivalent to the English simple present or the present progressive.
In many languages the way dictionary-form words end is fixed; in Japanese they end in a 'u row' character.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Forms
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