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# lexical

adjective (lexical)

«lexical» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Lexical means to do with words and their meanings, or with the vocabulary of a language. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lexical/#m1)

### In the lessons

English and language lessons: «lexical words» (nouns, verbs, adjectives) carry meaning, while grammar words like «the» or «of» hold sentences together. Dictionaries and word studies. It tells the reader we are talking about vocabulary.

### Examples

- Nouns and verbs are lexical words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lexical/#x1)
- A dictionary is a big lexical list. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lexical/#x2)
- The lesson was about lexical meaning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lexical/#x3)
- We looked at the lexical differences between British and American English. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lexical/#x4)
- «Lift» and «elevator» are a lexical difference. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lexical/#x5)
- Lexical knowledge means knowing many words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lexical/#x6)

### Note

Related: lexicon (a vocabulary), lexicographer (a dictionary writer). Formal, mostly in language study.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lexical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lexical/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lexical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lexical.html) on Mova free.