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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

multi-word expression en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A lexeme-like unit made up of a sequence of two or more words that has properties that are not predictable from the properties of the individual words or their normal mode of combination, such as an idiom ("pay the piper"), a phrasal noun ("steam iron"), a phrasal preposition ("in front of"), or a phrasal verb ("buy off").

Forms

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multiword expression alternative lexicographic
multi-word expressions Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

mononym · uninym

Synonyms

MWE · polynym

Translations (2)

pl polinim (Translations) · de Mehrwortgefüge (Translations)