Lemmatize

Pronunciation: /ˈɫɛmˈˌeɪˌtiaɪˈzi/

Lemmatize (verb)

  1. To change a word to its base form used in dictionaries, so different forms are treated as one item.
  2. In language software, to convert words in a text into standard forms for counting, searching, or analysis.

Examples

  • The system lemmatize the word to its dictionary form.
  • You lemmatize verbs to their dictionary form in the list.