noun
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
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the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached
• Syn: ↑form, ↑word form, ↑descriptor
• Derivationally related forms: ↑signify
• Topics: ↑linguistics
• Hypernyms: ↑word
• Hyponyms:
↑plural, ↑plural form, ↑singular, ↑singular form, ↑ghost word, ↑root, ↑root word, ↑base, ↑stem, ↑theme, ↑radical, ↑etymon, ↑citation form, ↑main entry word, ↑entry word, ↑abbreviation, ↑acronym
Useful english dictionary. 2012.