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    LEXICALISE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they lexicalise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it lexicalises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: lexicalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: lexicalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: lexicalising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a languageplay

    Example:

    The concept expressed by German 'Gemuetlichkeit' is not lexicalized in English

    Synonyms:

    lexicalise; lexicalize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

    Hypernyms (to "lexicalise" is one way to...):

    articulate; formulate; give voice; phrase; word (put into words or an expression)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

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