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Meaning of Stemming | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. Movement against a current, especially a tidal current.
  2. A process for removing the inflexional, and sometimes derivational, affixes from words.
  3. To include a term's inflections as part of a search engine's search.
  4. The technique of bridging between two holds with hands and/or feet, applying forces to each in opposing directions in order to brace oneself in position.

Equivalents

العربية الإستئصال
Français racinisation
Português tronco

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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