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/ˈlɛksɪs/ · noun
(linguistics) The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of words from a particular language..
Thus, alongside current lexis, words and senses now obsolete find a place in a dictionary on historical principles.
By the 1980s, English language teachers generally had begun to realize that there had been a neglect of lexis in teaching methods and coursebooks. […] The basic truth that without vocabulary or lexis we can't express anything had to be restated and a new approach to teaching lexis was needed.
In this broadsheet newspaper, the reporter uses a complicated and formal lexis which I find hard to understand.
Use lexis when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lexis means (linguistics) The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of words from a particular language..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Thus, alongside current lexis, words and senses now obsolete find a place in a dictionary on historical principles.
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