Terms with multiple definitions Definition



a homonym is, in strict sense, 1 of group of words share same spelling , pronunciation have different meanings. homonyms simultaneously homographs (words share same spelling, regardless of pronunciation) , homophones (words share same pronunciation, regardless of spelling). state of being homonym called homonymy. examples of homonyms pair stalk (part of plant) , stalk (follow/harass person) , pair left (past tense of leave) , left (opposite of right). distinction made between true homonyms, unrelated in origin, such skate (glide on ice) , skate (the fish), , polysemous homonyms, or polysemes, have shared origin, such mouth (of river) , mouth (of animal).


polysemes

polysemy capacity sign (such word, phrase, or symbol) have multiple meanings (that is, multiple semes or sememes , multiple senses), related contiguity of meaning within semantic field. regarded distinct homonymy, in multiple meanings of word may unconnected or unrelated.








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