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Definition of
polysemy noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
polysemy
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
pəˈlɪsəmi
/
/
[
uncountable
]
(
linguistics
)
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the fact of having more than one meaning
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polysemy
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