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lexical items

lexical items is the plural of lexical item.

Meaning of lexical item

Noun

lexical item (plural lexical items)

  1. A term (that is, a word or sequence of words) that acts as a unit of meaning, including words, phrases, phrasal verbs, and proverbs.
    • He also realized that by comparing different types of text you may be able to spot "a different density ( repetition rate ) of lexical items, and different degrees of cohesion, in the short story and in the novel.1993, Roman Kopytko, Polite Discourse in Shakespeare's English, page 396

Questions about lexical items

What is lexical items the plural of?
Lexical items is the plural of lexical item.

Words near lexical items in the dictionary

  1. lexical gap
  2. lexical gaps
  3. lexical innovation
  4. lexical innovations
  5. lexical item
  6. lexical items
  7. lexical middle voice
  8. lexical resource
  9. lexical resources
  10. lexical scope
  11. lexical scopes

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