Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Of or pertaining to a rheme.
Of a part of a sentence: providing new information regarding the current theme.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adj
Of or pertaining to a rheme.
Of or pertaining to a sumisign.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Of or pertaining to word formation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
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adj
In Coleridge's work: relating to the arrangement of words into sentences clearly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete, rare
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adj
Having a verb for its base; derived from a verb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete, rare
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
The provision of new information regarding the current theme.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
In the work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834): the doctrine or study of arranging words into sentences clearly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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History
From Ancient Greek ῥηματικός (rhēmatikós, “verbal, pertaining to verbs”), from Ancient Greek ῥηματ- (rhēmat-), ῥῆμα (rhêma, “verb (grammar), word”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic; suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to, in the manner of’”).
