- monosemous
- adjectivehaving only one meaning• Similar to: ↑unambiguous• Derivationally related forms: ↑monosemy
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monˈosemous adjective• • •Main Entry: ↑monosemy
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monosemous — adjective Having only one meaning or interpretation. Ant: polysemous, polysemic … Wiktionary
polysemous — adjective /pəˈlɪs.ɪ.məs,ˌpɒl.ɪˈsiː.məs,ˌpɑːl.iˈsiː.məs,pəˈlɪs.ə.məs/ Having multiple meanings or interpretations. Syn: polysemantic, polysemic Ant: monosemous See Also: polysemy … Wiktionary
polysemic — adjective Having a number of meanings, interpretations or understandings. Syn: polysemantic, polysemous Ant: monosemous See Also: polyseme, polysemy … Wiktionary
monosemy — [ mɒnə(ʊ)ˌsi:mi] noun Linguistics the property of having only one meaning. Derivatives monosemic adjective monosemous adjective Origin 1950s: from mono + Gk sēma sign + y3 … English new terms dictionary
monosemy — n. fact of having only one meaning. ♦ monosemous, a … Dictionary of difficult words
monosemy — noun having a single meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases • Ant: ↑polysemy • Derivationally related forms: ↑monosemous • Hypernyms: ↑clarity, ↑lucidity, ↑lucidness, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
