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Lexicography — Lex i*cog ra*phy (l[e^]ks [i^]*k[o^]g r[.a]*f[y^]), n. [Cf. F. lexicographie.] The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries; as, with so many words lexicography can be… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lexicography — 1670s, from LEXICO (Cf. lexico ) + GRAPHY (Cf. graphy). Related: Lexicographic; lexicographical … Etymology dictionary
lexicography — ► NOUN ▪ the practice of compiling dictionaries. DERIVATIVES lexicographer noun lexicographic adjective … English terms dictionary
lexicography — [lek΄sə käg′rə fē] n. [< Gr lexikon, LEXICON + GRAPHY] the act, process, art, or work of writing or compiling a dictionary or dictionaries lexicographic [lek΄si kə graf′ik] adj. lexicographical lexicographically adv … English World dictionary
Lexicography — For the term in mathematics, see Lexicographical order. Lexicography is divided into two related disciplines: Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. Theoretical lexicography is the scholarly… … Wikipedia
lexicography — [[t]le̱ksɪkɒ̱grəfi[/t]] N UNCOUNT Lexicography is the activity or profession of writing dictionaries. Derived words: lexicographer plural N COUNT A lexicographer s job is to describe the language … English dictionary
lexicography — noun Date: 1680 1. the editing or making of a dictionary 2. the principles and practices of dictionary making • lexicographical or lexicographic adjective • lexicographically adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
lexicography — См. lessicologìa … Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов
lexicography — lexicographic /lek si koh graf ik, si keuh /, lexicographical, adj. lexicographically, adv. /lek si kog reuh fee/, n. 1. the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries. 2. the principles and procedures involved in writing, editing, or… … Universalium
lexicography — Synonyms and related words: criticism, cryptanalysis, cryptography, cryptology, diagnostics, epigraphy, exegetics, glossography, hermeneutics, lexicology, lexigraphy, literary criticism, metoposcopy, oneirology, onomasiology, onomastics,… … Moby Thesaurus
