"lexical unit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lexical units [plural]
Etymology: lexical + unit Etymology templates: {{com|en|lexical|unit}} lexical + unit Head templates: {{en-noun}} lexical unit (plural lexical units)
  1. (linguistics) Synonym of lexical item Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: lexical item [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: lexicalize, overlexicalization
    Sense id: en-lexical_unit-en-noun-jF4ZgFuP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 91 9 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (semantics) A pairing of a word or phrase with one of its meanings. Categories (topical): Semantics
    Sense id: en-lexical_unit-en-noun-bmoHOr0j Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semantics

Inflected forms

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