Stemmed — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

grow out of, have roots in, originate in

cause to point inward

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/stˈɛmd/

🇬🇧British English

/stˈɛmd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/stˈɛmd/

2 syllables Say it as /stˈɛmd/.

Examples

The increase in the national debt stems from the last war
stem your skis
staunch the blood flow

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

stanch cauline halt caulescent staunch stem

Antonyms

acaulescent stemless

Parts of Speech

verb	grow out of, have roots in, originate in “The increase in the national debt stems from the last war”
verb	cause to point inward “stem your skis”
verb	stop the flow of a liquid “staunch the blood flow”
verb	remove the stem from “for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed”
adjective	having a stem or stems or having a stem as specified; often used in combination “stemmed goblets”
adjective	(of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground
adjective	having the stem removed “stemmed berries”

Word Forms

stem	noun	(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
halt	noun	the event of something ending
stemmer	noun	an algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

entstammt

herauswachsen, Wurzeln haben, entstehen

🇫🇷French

tige

naître de, avoir des racines, provenir de

🇪🇸Spanish

derivado

crecer, tener raíces, originarse en

🇮🇹Italian

derivato

nascere da, avere radici, avere origine in

🇳🇱Dutch

stamde

uitgroeien, wortels hebben in, ontstaan in

🇵🇹Portuguese

originado

crescer, ter raízes, originar-se em

🇷🇺Russian

сдерживаемый

вырастать, иметь корни, зарождаться в

India

🇮🇳Hindi

उपजी

से विकसित होना, जड़ें जमाना, उत्पन्न होना

🇧🇩Bengali

কান্ড

থেকে বৃদ্ধি, শিকড় আছে, উদ্ভূত

🇮🇳Tamil

தண்டு

வெளியே வளரும், வேர்கள் உண்டு, தோற்றம்

🇮🇳Telugu

కాండం

నుండి పెరుగుతాయి, మూలాలను కలిగి ఉంటాయి, ఉద్భవించాయి

🇮🇳Gujarati

દાંડી

માંથી ઉગે છે, મૂળ ધરાવે છે, ઉદ્દભવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಾಂಡವಾಯಿತು

ಹೊರಗೆ ಬೆಳೆಯಿರಿ, ಬೇರುಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರಿ, ಹುಟ್ಟಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತವೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കാണ്ഡം

അതിൽ നിന്ന് വളരുക, വേരുകൾ ഉണ്ടാവുക, ഉത്ഭവിക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਡੰਡੀ

ਦੇ ਬਾਹਰ ਵਧਣਾ, ਜੜ੍ਹਾਂ ਹਨ, ਵਿੱਚ ਉਤਪੰਨ ਹਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

تنا ہوا

سے بڑھنا، جڑیں ہونا، اندر پیدا ہونا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

阻止的

生长于、扎根于、起源于

🇯🇵Japanese

語幹付き

～から成長する、根を張る、～から生まれる

🇰🇷Korean

줄기가 있는

~에서 자라다, ~에 뿌리를 내리다, 유래하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bắt nguồn từ

mọc ra, có rễ ở, bắt nguồn từ

🇹🇭Thai

ก้านดอก

งอกออกมา, มีรากใน, กำเนิดใน

🇮🇩Indonesian

bertangkai

tumbuh dari, berakar pada, berasal dari

🇲🇾Malay

berpunca

tumbuh dari, mempunyai akar dalam, berasal dari

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تنبع

تنمو من، لها جذور في، تنشأ في

🇮🇷Persian

ساقه زد

رشد کردن، ریشه در، سرچشمه در

🇹🇷Turkish

saplı

içinden çıkmak, kök salmak, kaynaklanmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

נבע

לצמוח מתוך, יש שורשים ב, מקורו

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The primary meaning of 'stemmed' is 'grow out of, have roots in, originate in'.

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Using 'stemmed' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'stemmed' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'stemmed' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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