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Definition of
monosemy noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
monosemy
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈmɑnəˌsimi
/
/
[
uncountable
]
(
linguistics
)
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the fact of having only one meaning
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monosemy
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