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lozanna [386]
3 years ago
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Another term for multiple -meaning words is

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Vitek1552 [10]3 years ago
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<span>Words that have multiple meanings are known as polysemous (‘poly’ meaning ‘many’ and ‘semous’ meaning ‘meaning’). An example is ‘bank’, which can mean a financial institution or a part of a river. Words that share a spelling but have different meanings are called homonyms.</span>
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