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Polysemy

Polysemy (/pəˈlɪsɪmi/ or /ˈpɒlɪˌsiːmi/; from Ancient Greek πολύ- (polý-) 'many' and σῆμα (sêma) 'sign') is the capacity for a sign (e.g. a symbol, morpheme, word, or phrase) to have multiple related meanings. For example, a word can have several word senses. Polysemy is the opposite of monosemy, which denotes a word with a single meaning.

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Polysemy

Nodes46
Edges45
Triples83
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.043478
Components1

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related to Further reading · 56
Polysemy → Alexandre, Amsterdam, Benjamins, Besner, Borowsky, Cognition, Cognitive Psychology, Communication, CS1, Cultural Studies, Denis, E-Journal, Ed, English Lexicology, Experimental Psychology, Explorations, Farrar WT, François, From Polysemy, Garfield
related to Polysemes · 9
Polysemy → Alan Cruse, Because, English, For, I'll, In, Since, Some, These
related to Examples in English · 6
Polysemy → Adult, As, Males, The, This, To
related to External links · 4
Polysemy → The, Wiktionary, Wiktionary The, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
is a · 3
Polysemy → idea of predicate transfer, opposite of monosemy, vague concept of the relatedness
related to Related ideas · 3
Polysemy → Atkins, The, These

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word related meanings different senses one meaning words homonyms polysemes example polysemous verb two doi multiple dictionary english used bank

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Polysemyis aopposite of monosemy0.90text
Polysemyis avague concept of the relatedness0.90text
Polysemyis aidea of predicate transfer0.90text
¹bearinstance ofusually with a numbering convention0.80text
²bearinstance ofusually with a numbering convention0.80text
Polysemyrelated to Examples in EnglishThe0.60section
Polysemyrelated to Examples in EnglishMales0.60section
Polysemyrelated to Examples in EnglishAdult0.60section
Polysemyrelated to Examples in EnglishAs0.60section
Polysemyrelated to Examples in EnglishTo0.60section
Polysemyrelated to Examples in EnglishThis0.60section
Polysemyrelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section

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