lexical simplification

noun

A subtask of text simplification that swaps words or phrases in a text to make it simpler and easier to understand, reducing its complexity.

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Meanings

nounlexical simplification (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputationalA subtask of text simplification that swaps words or phrases in a text to make it simpler and easier to understand, reducing its complexity.
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