Lexical
/ˈlɛksɪkəl/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjectiveRelating to words and their meanings.
Extra definitions
adjectiveRelated to words or vocabulary.
adjectiveRelating to a dictionary.
adjectiveConcerning word choices in a language.
Sentence Examples
The exercise focuses on lexical meaning.
Students need a wider lexical range.
Lexical differences reveal regional speech.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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Word Origin & History
From Latin lexis, from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “word”) + -al.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
“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 associated with every single item belonging to a given category): on the contrary, they are lexical in nature (that is to say, they are properties of individual lexical items, so that different words belonging to the…”
— 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 137:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The exercise focuses on ____ meaning.