dictionary form

dictionary form (plural dictionary forms)

1. The basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry (of any part of speech, but especially of a verb).

   The dictionary form of the verb is the infinitive in English, the first-person singular present indicative in Ancient Greek, and the third-person masculine singular perfect in Semitic languages.

• canonical form
• citation form
• basic form

• headword
• lemma
• infinitive