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lexical

  • adjective
  • lĕ'ksĭkəl

Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language.

Other meanings

  1. Concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary.

  2. Denoting a content word as opposed to a function word.

    “a lexical verb”

Related words

  • lexical aspect
  • lexical bundle
  • lexical category
  • lexical correspondence
  • lexical gap
  • lexical scope
  • lexical scoping
  • lexical verb
  • non-lexical
  • bilexical
  • intralexical
  • lexical density

Where this comes from

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