(semantics) The quality characteristic of a polyseme, a sign (such as a word or symbol) that has multiple meanings (senses), often including multiple similar ones.
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polysemy
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for polysemy.
Editorial note
The problem with definitions of art is that they usually fail to address the polysemy of the word.
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Quick take
(semantics) The quality characteristic of a polyseme, a sign (such as a word or symbol) that has multiple meanings (senses), often including multiple similar ones.
Meaning at a glance
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for polysemy.
noun
(semantics) The quality characteristic of a polyseme, a sign (such as a word or symbol) that has multiple meanings (senses), often including multiple similar ones.
Example sentences
The problem with definitions of art is that they usually fail to address the polysemy of the word.
As usual it's tricky to conclude things from Google Books ngrams due to polysemy.
There's this wonderful property that all human languages have, polysemy, which gives them the ability to give one word multiple related meanings.
Problems with polysemy across divergent, more advanced theories has been one of my biggest challenges in probing some of my areas of intrest.
My path to this subject was tortured, so sorry if I don’t account for Polysemy etc.
Has the pros and cons you might expect: better coverage, and easier to use, but less precision and a lot of ambiguity due to polysemy.
These can either be related, or totally unrelated (polysemy vs.
There is a bit of a problem with polysemy here.
I can’t say I recognise any of these issues from freer, polysemy, nor bluefin.
It's more a failure to understand polysemy[1].
**And then there's the homonym/polysemy distinction for specifying unrelated/related meanings, essentially reviving Aristotelean essence, and the reason why in dictionaries some words (e.g.
> Well, from my perspective, I've never worked at a place that's used polysemy of freer-effects.
Quote examples
Polysemy -- "thing" is an overloaded term.
"Transparency" is a fairly annoying term for this in image/video because of the obvious polysemy.
The subject of the piece (Stephen Booth) has written "400 pages of virtuosic commentary exploring the ambiguity and polysemy of Shakespeare’s verse." Does anyone know if he addresses Step Zero of appreciating the sonnets, which is to use Original Pronunciation (OP)?
I suppose the better term would be synecdoche, since the similarity in pronunciation isn't coincidental, like "The sun rose in the morning." and "Look at the pretty rose petals." but is a form of motivated polysemy.
Proper noun examples
Polysemy vs Homonymy vs Context Dependency will always be a problem.
Polysemy isn't something to get upset about.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use polysemy in a sentence?
The problem with definitions of art is that they usually fail to address the polysemy of the word.
What does polysemy mean?
(semantics) The quality characteristic of a polyseme, a sign (such as a word or symbol) that has multiple meanings (senses), often including multiple similar ones.
What part of speech is polysemy?
polysemy is commonly used as noun.