Search for Words and Their Derivatives

In order to find not only the forms of the word, but also its derivatives, users can use the function singleroot().

Syntax

singleroot(term,…)

The function singleroot() takes a word in any form as an argument.

Example

singleroot(sizes) matches "size", "sizes", "sizable", "downsizing", etc.

singleroot(great) matches all forms of the adjective "great" and its derivatives "greatly", "greatness", etc.

Note

A function with several arguments is equivalent to several functions with a single argument concatenated using the or operator:

singleroot(conference, exhibition, show) = singleroot(conference) or singleroot(exhibition) or singleroot(show).