lexicon
IPA: ɫˈɛksɪkɑn
noun
- The vocabulary of a language.
- (lexicography, linguistics) A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
- A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
- (programming) The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
- (rare) Any dictionary.
- The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge.)
- A set of vocabulary specific to a certain subject.
- A list thereof.
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Examples of "lexicon" in Sentences
- This is independent of phonology and the lexicon.
- I will contribute to the lexicon in the coming weeks.
- The lexicon includes the lexemes used to actualize words.
- This word entered the lexicon in the second half of the 1970s.
- Aspects of the novel have entered the Chinese idiomatic lexicon.
- This is an application of the word unknown to the English lexicon.
- Words as units in the lexicon are the subject matter of lexicology.
- None of the preceding words appear in the English language lexicon.
- In the process, the fanciness of the lexicon used became questionable.
- He was the first European to a grammar and lexicon of the Japanese language.
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