"lexicalize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: lexicalizes [present, singular, third-person], lexicalizing [participle, present], lexicalized [participle, past], lexicalized [past]
Etymology: lexical + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lexical|ize}} lexical + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} lexicalize (third-person singular simple present lexicalizes, present participle lexicalizing, simple past and past participle lexicalized)
  1. (intransitive, of a term) To become part of the vocabulary of a language as a single lexical unit with a distinct meaning. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-lexicalize-en-verb-7sXuLfRB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 61 39
  2. (transitive) To accept a term into one's own vocabulary as a distinct lexical unit. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-lexicalize-en-verb-7E3wGS5P
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lexicalise Related terms: lexeme, lexicalisation, lexical item, lexicalization, lexical unit, lexicography, lexicology, lexicon, lexis Translations (to convert to a single lexical unit): lexicalitzar (Catalan), lexikalizovat (Czech), leksikalisere (Danish), lexicaliser (French), lexikalisieren (German), lexikalizál (Hungarian), лексикализовать (leksikalizovatʹ) (Russian), lexicalizar (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'to convert to a single lexical unit': 47 53

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