Lexical databases


Revision:
                          Anti·dis·establish·ment·aria·nism

- by adding affixes (prefixes, suffixes) one of the longest words in english language    
  developed.

                                      establish 
                                 dis·establish
                                      establish·ment   
                                 dis·establish·ment
                           anti·dis·establish
                           ...

- 'Antidisestablishmentarianism' is an expression for the movement against
  the removal of the English church as the church of state.


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- tables contain rows and columns.

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  entry. (Microstructure)
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  information for different entries.

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- in one row: polysemes (words with related meanings)
- in more than one row: homonyms (words with different meanings)


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