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lexiconing

lexiconing is the present participle and gerund of lexicon.

Meaning of lexicon

Verb

lexicon (third-person singular simple present lexicons, present participle lexiconing, simple past and past participle lexiconed)

  1. (transitive) To add to a lexicon.
    • Vocab-wise, medalling and PB-ing are now totally part-and-parcelled, and most experts in South Korea believe podiumed, finalled and all-comered are not far off lexiconing.2011 September 1, Harry Pearson, “London 2012 can legacy by verbing the noun”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2024
  2. To shorten a soundtrack to fit a shortened version of a movie.
    • Mrazek’s legislation would discourage time compression, a technique used to speed up a movie, and “lexiconing,” a process of altering the soundtrack to match the shorter, compressed version.1991 July 26, Beth Hawkins, “A Call for Legal Action Against Film Alterations : Movies: Six prominent filmmakers join a N.Y. congressman in asking for warning labels if a film has been ‘colorized,’...

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Questions about lexiconing

What is lexiconing the present participle and gerund of?
Lexiconing is the present participle and gerund of lexicon.

Words near lexiconing in the dictionary

  1. lexicometry
  2. lexicomorphological
  3. lexicon
  4. lexiconed
  5. lexiconic
  6. lexiconing
  7. lexiconise
  8. lexiconised
  9. lexiconises
  10. lexiconising
  11. lexiconist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lexiconing (page history and authors); lexicon (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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