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lexical

lex·i·cal
L l

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [lek-si-kuh l]
    • /ˈlɛk sɪ kəl/
    • /ˈlek.sɪ.kəl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [lek-si-kuh l]
    • /ˈlɛk sɪ kəl/

Definitions of lexical word

  • adjective lexical of or relating to the words or vocabulary of a language, especially as distinguished from its grammatical and syntactical aspects. 1
  • adjective lexical of, relating to, or of the nature of a lexicon. 1
  • noun lexical Of or relating to the words or vocabulary of a language. 1
  • adjective lexical relating to words 1
  • adjective lexical Lexical means relating to the words of a language. 0
  • adjective lexical of or relating to items of vocabulary in a language 0
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Origin of lexical

First appearance:

before 1830
One of the 36% newest English words
First recorded in 1830-40; lexic(on) + -al1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Lexical

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Lexical

lexical popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

lexical usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for lexical

adj lexical

  • rhetorical — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
  • unwritten — not actually formulated or expressed; customary; traditional.
  • literal — in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical: the literal meaning of a word.
  • oral — uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony.
  • said — Security Association ID

adjective lexical

  • verbal — of or relating to words: verbal ability.
  • word — Microsoft Word
  • etymological — (not comparable) Of or relating to etymology.
  • vocabulary — the stock of words used by or known to a particular people or group of persons: His French vocabulary is rather limited. The scientific vocabulary is constantly growing.
  • semantic — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
All 27 Synonyms of lexical

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    the set of lexical items in a language that are most resistant to replacement, referring to the most common and universal elements of human experience, such as parts of the body (foot, eye), universal features of the environment (water, star), common activities (eat, sleep), and the lowest numerals.

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  • collocate

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  • collocation

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  • corpus

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