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Rarelexicography
The correct spelling is lexicography.
How to pronounce lexicography
/ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfi/
nounIPA: /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.The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
- 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.A dictionary, a lexicon, a wordbook.
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