lexical
/ˈlɛksɪkəl/
adjective
- Relating to the words or vocabulary of a language.
- The lexical differences between British and American English include words like 'lift' and 'elevator'.
- A dictionary is a lexical resource that lists words and their meanings.
- She studied the lexical patterns in children's early speech.
- Relating to a lexicon or dictionary, especially in linguistics or computing.
- Lexical analysis is the first step in processing a sentence by a computer.
- The lexical database contains thousands of entries for the language model.
- The linguist created a lexical map of the region's dialects.