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lexical simplification

lexical simplification noun: a subtask of text simplification that swaps words or phrases in a text to make it simpler and easier to understand, reducing its complexity.

Noun

lexical simplification (uncountable)

  1. A subtask of text simplification that swaps words or phrases in a text to make it simpler and easier to understand, reducing its complexity.

Questions about lexical simplification

What does lexical simplification mean?
Lexical simplification means a subtask of text simplification that swaps words or phrases in a text to make it simpler and easier to understand, reducing its complexity.
What part of speech is lexical simplification?
Lexical simplification is a noun.

Words near lexical simplification in the dictionary

  1. lexical scopes
  2. lexical scoping
  3. lexical semantics
  4. lexical set
  5. lexical sets
  6. lexical simplification
  7. lexical substitution
  8. lexical unit
  9. lexical units
  10. lexical verb
  11. lexical verbs

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