lexical item
Noun

lexical item (plural lexical items)

  1. (semantics) A term—word or a sequence of words—that acts as a unit of meaning, including words, phrases, phrasal verbs and proverbs, exemplified by "cat", "traffic light", "take care of", "by-the-way", and "don't count your chickens before they hatch".
Synonyms
  • lexical unit
Translations
  • French: lexie
  • German: lexikalische Einheit
  • Russian: лекси́ческая едини́ца



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