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lexicalized

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Expressing a concept with a separate word rather than an inflected or derived form of a semantically related word.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lexical

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of lexicalize

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

Examples

  • The vocative particle -e has lexicalized in the greeting tule "hey!"; no one these days ever says tul.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

expressed by a word

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lexicalised

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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