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lexicography

The correct spelling is lexicography.

How to pronounce lexicography

/ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfi/
noun

IPA: /ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfi/

Say it like: Lex-ico-gra-fee

The correct spelling is lexicography. The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.

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Definition

noun

  1. 1.The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
  2. 2.The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.
  3. 3.A dictionary, a lexicon, a wordbook.

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