English noun: lexicon |
1. | lexicon (cognition) a language user's knowledge of words |
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| Synonyms | mental lexicon, vocabulary |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cognition, knowledge, noesis |
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| Part meronym | language, speech |
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2. | lexicon (communication) a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them |
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| Synonyms | dictionary |
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| Broader (hypernym) | wordbook |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bilingual dictionary, collegiate dictionary, desk dictionary, etymological dictionary, gazetteer, learner's dictionary, little dictionary, pocket dictionary, school dictionary, spell-checker, spelling checker, unabridged, unabridged dictionary |
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| Part holonym | dictionary entry, lexical entry |
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