lexical
/ˈlɛksɪkəl/
lexical adjective: concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language.
Adjective
lexical (not comparable)
- Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language.
- So, it seems clear that the idiosyncratic restrictions relating to the range of
complements which a Preposition does or does not permit are directly analo-
gous to the parallel restrictions which hold in the case of Verbs. The restric-
tions concerned are not categorial in nature (i.e. they are not...1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 137
- So, it seems clear that the idiosyncratic restrictions relating to the range of
- Concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary.
- Denoting a content word as opposed to a function word.
- a lexical verb
- Relating to alphabetical order or a generalization thereof.
- Synonyms:
- lexicographic, lexicographical
lexical meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
lexical in Hindi
- lexical; in verbal form
- शाब्दिक śābdik
lexical in Tamil
- லெக்சிகல், லெக்சிக்கல், லெக்ஸிகல்
lexical in Marathi
- lexical; in verbal form
- शाब्दिक śābdik
lexical in Urdu
- lexical, dictionary
- لغوی luğavī
More languagesFewer languages
- lexical in Bengali
- আভিধানিক, লেক্সিকাল, লেক্সিক্যাল
- lexical in Telugu
- లెక్సికల్
- lexical in Malayalam
- ശബ്ദകോശപരമായ
- lexical in Kannada
- ಲೆಕ್ಸಿಕಲ್
- lexical in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ਬਦਕੋਸ਼ੀ śabdakośī
- lexical in Gujarati
- લેક્સિકલ, લેક્ઝિકલ
- lexical in Odia
- ଲେକ୍ସିକାଲ, ଲେକ୍ସିକାଲ୍
- lexical in Nepali
- लेक्सिकल
- lexical in Arabic
- مُعْجَمِيّ muʕjamiyy, مُفْرَدَاتِيّ mufradātiyy, قَامُوسِيّ qāmūsiyy
- lexical in Persian
- لغوی loġavi
Examples of lexical in a sentence
- Lexical gaps are called accidental because their existence is by accident; it is not essential.
- Mass lexical comparison is not a proven method for demonstrating relationships between languages.
- The lexical disambiguation relies on looking ahead to identify possible senses.
Synonyms of lexical
Origin of lexical
From Latin lexis, from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “word”) + -al.
Words formed from lexical
- alexical
- bilexical
- delexical
- extralexical
- grammaticolexical
- interlexical
- intralexical
- lexical analysis
- lexical analyzer
- lexical aspect
- lexical bundle
- lexical category
- lexical choice
- lexical correspondence
- lexical definition
- lexical density
- lexical gap
- lexical innovation
- lexicalism
- lexicalist
- lexical item
- lexicality
- lexicalize
- lexically
- lexical middle voice
- lexical resource
- lexical scope
- lexical scoping
- lexical semantics
- lexical set
- lexical simplification
- lexical substitution
- lexical unit
- lexical verb
- lexical word
- lexicase
- monolexical
- morpholexical
- nonlexical
- non-lexical
- panlexicalist
- paralexical
- polylexical
- postlexical
- prelexical
- pseudolexical
- psycholexical
- sublexical
- supralexical
- unlexical
Phrases with lexical
- lexical gaps
- lexical sets
- lexical items
- lexical units
- lexical verbs
- lexical words
- lexical scopes
- lexical aspects
- lexical bundles
- lexical analyses
- lexical analyzers
- lexical resources
4 more phrasesFewer phrases
Questions about lexical
- What does lexical mean?
- Lexical means concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language.
- What is lexical in Hindi?
- Lexical in Hindi is शाब्दिक (śābdik). See Lexical meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lexical?
- Lexical is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce lexical?
- Lexical is pronounced /ˈlɛksɪkəl/.
Words near lexical in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lexical (page history and authors); शाब्दिक (Hindi) (page history and authors); lexical (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); शाब्दिक (Marathi) (page history and authors); لغوی (Urdu) (page history and authors); lexical (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lexical (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lexical (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lexical (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ਸ਼ਬਦਕੋਸ਼ੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); lexical (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lexical (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lexical (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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