Polysemy - 3 dictionary results
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pol·y·se·mous
 (pŏl'ē-sē'məs) Pronunciation Key
adj. Having or characterized by many meanings: highly polysemous words such as play and table. [From Late Latin polysēmus, from Greek polusēmos : polu-, poly- + sēma, sign.] pol'y·se'my (pŏl'ē-sē'mē, pə-lĭs'ə-) n. |
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| polysemy | |
noun | |
| the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings [ant: monosemy] |
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