lexis

Meaning of lexis

noun
  1. The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of words from a particular language.
  2. (pedagogy, TEFL) Words, collocations, and common phrases in a language; vocabulary and word combinations.
  3. The vocabulary used by a writer
    In this broadsheet newspaper, the reporter uses a complicated and formal lexis which I find hard to understand.

Information about lexis

  • It is a name.
  • Languages ​​in which lexis is used:

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Hyphenation of lexis

lexis

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • lexis is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of lexis

Silex, silex

Words that rhyme with lexis

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