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lexeis

lexeis is the plural of lexis.

Meaning of lexis

Noun

lexis (countable and uncountable, plural lexises or lexes or lexeis)

  1. The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of words from a particular language.
    • Thus, alongside current lexis, words and senses now obsolete find a place in a dictionary on historical principles.2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 249
  2. Words, collocations, and common phrases in a language; vocabulary and word combinations.
    • By the 1980s, English language teachers generally had begun to realize that there had been a neglect of lexis in teaching methods and coursebooks. […] The basic truth that without vocabulary or lexis we can't express anything had to be restated and a new approach to teaching lexis was needed.2014, Paul Lindsay, Teaching English Worldwide, page 346
  3. The vocabulary used by a writer.
    • In this broadsheet newspaper, the reporter uses a complicated and formal lexis which I find hard to understand.

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Origin of lexeis

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λέξεις (léxeis, plural).

Questions about lexeis

What is lexeis the plural of?
Lexeis is the plural of lexis.

Words near lexeis in the dictionary

  1. Lexas
  2. lexatumumab
  3. Lexden
  4. lexed
  5. Lexee
  6. lexeis
  7. lexeme
  8. lexemehood
  9. lexemes
  10. lexemic
  11. lexer

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