lexicon
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7.0
- noun
- /ˈlɛksɪˌkɒn/
- Specialized
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- The scientific lexicon includes specialized terms that are vital for understanding complex concepts.
- mental lexicon
- grammar and lexicon
- lexicon association
Today we look at a word that has become part of the human lexicon in no time flat.
- Today we look at a word that has become part of the human lexicon in no time flat.
- And this was before mindfulness or neuroplasticity were in the sort of common lexicon.
- We don't have a phrase like that in our in our culture, in our lexicon.
- He never did either, but the words Toni and Morrison entered his lexicon.
- Yeah, you've got to have a sort of a lexicon, a set of terms by which, you know, what each other are meaning.
- This year's theme was in America, a lexicon of fashion.
- So I'm lucky that my field does not have this lexicon challenge for the educator.
- I didn't force NFTS into the lexicon.
- They become part of the lexicon of what's in the, the, the kind of our social ID.
Examples
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The lexicon of the English language is vast and constantly evolving.
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Star Trek is a cultural icon, it's part of the lexicon now.
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Today we look at a word that has become part of the human lexicon in no time flat.
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Community organization and direct services are not easily combined in the modern lexicon of social work methods.
Academic text (1997) -
This year's theme was in America, a lexicon of fashion.
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You think you might have some more success if the word "commitment" was in your lexicon?
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Soon after my tutor died, and for several years my lexicon was my only companion.
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The language preserves the ancestors' lexicon for describing the desert and the sea.
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But blues culture, with its emphasis on voodoo, has a rich lexicon of supernatural concepts and concerns.
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As a language learner, expanding your lexicon is essential for improving communication skills.
Synonyms
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3.0
All the words and phrases used in a language or by a person
58
5.6
Words people use in a subject or job
43
7.2
Words used by a group or job that others cannot understand
36
7.8
Words and phrases a group uses that people outside it do not understand
2
8.8
All the words and word forms that make up a language
1
3.2
A list of words to learn for a test or lesson
A store in a person's mind of words they know and their meanings
Compounds
How Extensive
- Specialized
12
7.0
106
3.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lexicon comes from the Greek root lexis meaning 'word'. So a person's or a field's lexicon is the set of words they know or use, their 'vocabulary'.