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Definition of sememe noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sememe

noun
 
/ˈsemiːm/,
 
/ˈsiːmiːm/
 
/ˈsemiːm/
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  1. a unit of meaning carried by a morpheme compare semanteme
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: from seme (another term for semanteme) + -eme.
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