lexical : Idioms & Phrases
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lexical ambiguity
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noun the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings
polysemy.
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lexical database
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noun a database of information about words
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lexical disambiguation
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noun disambiguation of the sense of a polysemantic word
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lexical entry
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noun the entry in a dictionary of information about a word
dictionary entry.
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lexical meaning
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noun the meaning of a content word that depends on the nonlinguistic concepts it is used to express
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lexical semantics
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noun the branch of semantics that studies the meanings and relations of words
