Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The meaning expressed by a morpheme.
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- noun linguistics The smallest
unit ofmeaning ; especially the meaning expressed by amorpheme .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek sēma, sign + –eme.]
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and "to rise" into this, yet again an unrelated verb root and sememe.
mollusque commented on the word sememe
The smallest unit of meaning.
November 5, 2007