- polysemantic word
- nouna word having more than one meaning• Syn: ↑polysemant, ↑polysemous word• Hypernyms: ↑word
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polysemantic word
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polysemous word — noun a word having more than one meaning • Syn: ↑polysemant, ↑polysemantic word • Hypernyms: ↑word … Useful english dictionary
polysemant — noun a word having more than one meaning • Syn: ↑polysemantic word, ↑polysemous word • Hypernyms: ↑word * * * polyseˈmant / sēˈ/ or polˈyseme / sēm/ noun (linguistics) A word with more than one meaning • • • … Useful english dictionary
lexical disambiguation — noun disambiguation of the sense of a polysemantic word • Hypernyms: ↑disambiguation … Useful english dictionary
Essentially contested concept — In a paper delivered to the Aristotelian Society on 12 March 1956, [Published immediately as Gallie (1956a); a later, slightly altered version appears in Gallie (1964).] Walter Bryce Gallie (1912 ndash;1998) introduced the term essentially… … Wikipedia
polyseme — n. word with many meanings. ♦ polysemantic, a. ♦ polysemous a. having many meanings. ♦ polysemy, n … Dictionary of difficult words
