Meaning

1 senses

  1. To perform lexical analysis; to convert a character stream to a token stream as a preliminary to parsing.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Lex Luthor is Superman's arch-villain.

    mccarras · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Lex Luthor is Superman's archenemy.

    deLex Luthor ist der Erzfeind von Superman. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

    Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

Clipping of lexical (analysis).

Clipping of lexical (analysis).

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Forms

lexes, lexing, lexed, lexed
Base formlex · to lex
3rd person singularlexes
Present participlelexing
Past simplelexed
Past participlelexed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylex
he, she, itlexes

Past simpleLesson

all personslexed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lexed
he, she, ithas lexed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lex

Word family

1 related words
Derivedlexer

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
levylewdlexicallexicographerlexicon
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