lexicographic
Sorted like dictionaries
Lexicographic means relating to dictionaries or dictionary-making: lexicographic research, a lexicographic project.
In mathematics and computing, lexicographic refers to alphabetical ordering extended to sequences—sorting first by the first element, then by the second, and so on: The program sorts the strings in lexicographic order.
Statement of meaning
- entryAccess or submission
- headwordEntry term in dictionaries
- lemmaBase form, or helper theorem
- meaningWhat something signifies
pronunciation · spelling · usage · glossary · wordlist · vocabulary · thesaurus · alphabetical
Smallest meaningful language unit
- lexemeFundamental dictionary unit
- phonemeMinimal distinctive sound unit
- graphemeMinimal written symbol unit
- syllableUnit of pronunciation
affix · prefix · suffix · root · stem · compound · inflection · conjugation
Word's explicit dictionary meaning
- connotationImplied sense, not dictionary
- polysemyWord having related meanings
- homonymyIdentical sound, different meanings
- synonymySameness of meaning
antonymy · sense · referent · extension · ambiguity · collocation · idiom · figurative
Starting point or source
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- etymonOriginal word form
- cognateWord sharing etymological origin
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
loanword · derivation · proto-language · reconstruction · Indo-European · Latin · Greek · Sanskrit
definition
Statement of meaning
meaning · pronunciation · spelling · usage · glossary · wordlist · vocabulary · thesaurus · alphabetical · cross-reference
morpheme
Smallest meaningful language unit
- lexemeFundamental dictionary unit
- phonemeMinimal distinctive sound unit
- graphemeMinimal written symbol unit
syllable · affix · prefix · suffix · root · stem · compound · inflection · conjugation · declension
denotation
Word's explicit dictionary meaning
- connotationImplied sense, not dictionary
- polysemyWord having related meanings
- homonymyIdentical sound, different meanings
synonymy · antonymy · sense · referent · extension · ambiguity · collocation · idiom · figurative · literal
origin
Starting point or source
borrowing · loanword · derivation · proto-language · reconstruction · Indo-European · Latin · Greek · Sanskrit · philology
lexicographicnumerical
Relating to figures
random · chronological · arbitrary · unsorted · reverse
- lexicographic orderArrangement by character sequence
lexicographic order, lexicography, lexicographer, lexicographers, lexicographical, lexicographically