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DEFINITIONS |
Meanings |
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OVERTONES |
Additional meanings |
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ANTONYMS |
Words with opposite meanings |
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AMPHIBOLOUS |
Capable of two meanings. |
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DOUBLEENTENDRE |
Phrase with two (decent and indecent) meanings |
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POLYSEMY |
The capacity of a word or phrase to have multiple meanings |
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EQUIVOCAL |
A word or expression capable of different meanings; an
ambiguous term; an equivoque. |
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DICTIONARY |
A book containing the words of a language, arranged
alphabetically, with explanations of their meanings; a lexicon; a
vocabulary; a wordbook. |
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HOMOGRAPH |
One of two or more words identical in orthography, but
having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and
fair, a., beautiful. |
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PUN |
A play on words which have the same sound but different
meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word
present an odd or... |
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CABALA |
...f interpretation
for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to
foretell events by this means. ... |
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-ATION |
...alent to the
verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of
state, and that which results from the action. Many of these n... |
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IN |
...different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and
sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among. ... |
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SUPER- |
...hide, and acid sulphate), which retain
the old meanings of super-, but with sharper definition. Cf. Acid, a.,
Bi-, Di-, and Per-. ... |