lexicalize

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To become part of the vocabulary of a language as a single lexical unit with a distinct meaning.
2. verb To accept a term into one's own vocabulary as a distinct lexical unit.

Similar words

lexicalise lexiconize relexicalize lexiconise vocabularize vocabulize nominalize verbalize latinize naturalize

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Word family

lexicalization lexicalizations lexicalized lexicalizes lexicalizing