lexical meaning

noun

the meaning of a base morpheme.

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to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute.
to cause to be empty or unoccupied.
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Origin of lexical meaning

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby lexical meaning

lexeme, lexical, lexical decision task, lexical insertion, lexicalize, lexical meaning, lexical order, lexicog., lexicographer, lexicography, lexicology
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British Dictionary definitions for lexical meaning

lexical meaning

noun

the meaning of a word in relation to the physical world or to abstract concepts, without reference to any sentence in which the word may occurCompare grammatical meaning, content word
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