lexicography

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The art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries
The scholarly discipline of analyzing 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
the making of dictionaries
branch of applied linguistics that is concerned with the compiling, editing, and writing of dictionaries
the act of writing dictionaries
the job or skill of writing dictionaries
Lexicography is the activity or profession of writing dictionaries. + lexicographer lexicographers lexi·cog·ra·pher A lexicographer's job is to describe the language. the skill, practice, or profession of writing dictionaries (lexikographos , from lexikon ( LEXICON) + -graphos )
{i} process of writing or compiling a dictionary
The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries
The art or craft of writing dictionaries
A method of choosing among alternatives based on an analogy to the way words are arranged in a dictionary A single objective or attribute is rated as most important, and alternatives are ranked according to how well they satisfy this objective If an alternative is clearly superior in this attribute to other alternatives it is selected Otherwise the second most important attribute is used to rank the top alternatives from the first ranking This process continues, constantly reducing the number of alternatives ranked and ranking by less important attributes, until a single project is clearly superior for the attribute being used to rank the alternatives
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Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary)
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In lexicographical order
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In a lexicographical way
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From the perspective of lexicography
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one who makes dictionaries
lexicographer
{n} a writer of a dictionary
computerized lexicography
computerized dictionary
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someone whose job is to look at what words mean and how they are used, and to use this information to write entries for a dictionary
lexicographer
The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary
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A writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original and determining the significance of words
lexicographer
{i} one who writes or compiles a dictionary
lexicographer
a person who writes or compiles a dictionary
lexicographer
a compiler of dictionaries
lexicographer
One who writes dictionaries
lexicographer
A writer or compiler of a dictionary or a glossary, i e a (relatively) harmless drudge
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a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language
lexicographic
of or relating to lexicography
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Of or pertaining to, or according to, lexicography
lexicographic
{s} of the making of a dictionary
lexicographical
Relating to lexicography
lexicographical
Of or pertaining to, or according to, lexicography
lexicographical
{s} of the making of a dictionary
lexicographical
of or relating to lexicography
lexicographically
by means of a dictionary; in a lexicographic manner
lexicography

    Hyphenation

    lex·i·cog·ra·phy

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () From Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikos, “of words”) λέξις (lexis, “a saying, speech, word”) λέγειν (legein, “to speak”) + -graphy
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