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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act or process of lexicalizing. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the process of making a word to express a concept wordnet
3. 3
   Something lexicalized: a word, collocation, or symbol that has been lexicalized. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

lexicalisation

Etymology

From lexicalize + -ation.

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