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lexical category

lexical category noun: a linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items), generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour of the lexical item in question, such as nouns or verbs.

Noun

lexical category (plural lexical categories)

  1. A linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items), generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour of the lexical item in question, such as nouns or verbs.
    Synonyms:
    word class, lexical class, part of speech

lexical category meaning in Tamil

lexical category in Tamil

சொல் வகையினம்

Synonyms of lexical category

Forms of lexical category

plurallexical categories

Questions about lexical category

What does lexical category mean?
Lexical category means a linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items), generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour of the lexical item in question, such as nouns or verbs.
What is lexical category in Tamil?
Lexical category in Tamil is சொல் வகையினம். See Lexical category meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lexical category?
Lexical category is a noun.
What is the plural of lexical category?
The plural of lexical category is lexical categories.

Words near lexical category in the dictionary

  1. lexical aspect
  2. lexical aspects
  3. lexical bundle
  4. lexical bundles
  5. lexical categories
  6. lexical category
  7. lexical choice
  8. lexical correspondence
  9. lexical correspondences
  10. lexical definition
  11. lexical definitions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lexical category (page history and authors); lexical category (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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