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Definition of lexical unit noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lexical unit

noun
 
/ˌleksɪkl ˈjuːnɪt/
 
/ˌleksɪkl ˈjuːnɪt/
(also lexeme)
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  1. a word or several words that have a meaning that is not expressed by any of its separate partsTopics Languagec2
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