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lexicon

About 2.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The vocabulary of a language.
  2. noun A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
  3. noun A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
  4. noun The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
  5. noun Any dictionary.
  6. noun The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge.)
  7. noun A set of vocabulary specific to a certain subject.
    the baseball lexicon
  8. noun A list thereof.
    a baseball lexicon

Similar words

vocabulary dictionary mental lexicon glossary creole terminology creoles suidae wordbook thesaurus

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of and is in to as for that with

Word family

lexica lexicons

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