lexicography
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++lex·i·cog·ra·phy /ˌleksɪˈkɒɡrəfi $ -ˈkɑː-/ noun [uncountable] SLthe skill, practice, or profession of writing dictionaries 词典编纂学；词典编纂 —lexicographer noun [countable] —lexicographical /ˌleksɪkəˈɡræfɪkəl◂/ adjective
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lexicography• Researchers within computational lexicography have attempted to exploit this style to extract semantic information.• Again and again these feminist lexicographers refuse and indeed poke fun at the authoritative pronouncements of mainstream lexicography.Origin lexicography (1600-1700) Late Greek lexikographos “dictionary-writer”, from lexikon ( → LEXICON) + Greek -graphos “writer”lex·i·cog·ra·phy nounChineseSyllable
writing practice, or of the profession skill, Corpus
lexicography
lex‧i‧cog‧ra‧phy /ˌleksɪˈkɒɡrəfi $ -ˈkɑː-/
noun [uncountable]
—lexicographer noun [countable]
—lexicographical /ˌleksɪkəˈɡræfɪkəl◂/ adjective
lex‧i‧cog‧ra‧phy /ˌleksɪˈkɒɡrəfi $ -ˈkɑː-/
noun [uncountable] Date: 1600-1700
Language: Late Greek
Origin: lexikographos 'dictionary-writer', from lexikon ( ⇨ lexicon) + Greek -graphos 'writer'
the skill, practice, or profession of writing dictionariesLanguage: Late Greek
Origin: lexikographos 'dictionary-writer', from lexikon ( ⇨ lexicon) + Greek -graphos 'writer'
—lexicographer noun [countable]
—lexicographical /ˌleksɪkəˈɡræfɪkəl◂/ adjective