noun
- the process of reducing words to their root form in linguistics and computer science
Usage: technical
verb
- present participle of stem; originating or arising from
- stopping or checking the flow or spread of something
Examples
- The problems stemming from poor communication affected the entire team.
- Her confidence was stemming from years of practice.
- The doctor focused on stemming the bleeding immediately.
- They worked on stemming the tide of misinformation.
- The algorithm uses stemming to improve search results.
- Stemming helps reduce words like ‘running’ and ‘runs’ to ‘run’.
- The issues stemming from the policy change were unexpected.