lexical meaning
noun
the meaning of a base morpheme.
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grammatical meaning.
Origin of lexical meaning
First recorded in 1930–35
Words nearby lexical meaning
lexell,
lexeme,
lexical,
lexical decision task,
lexical insertion,
lexical meaning,
lexical order,
lexicalize,
lexicog.,
lexicographer,
lexicography
British Dictionary definitions for lexical meaning
lexical meaning
noun
the meaning of a word in relation to the physical world or to abstract concepts, without reference to any sentence in which the word may occur
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