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Meanings of lexical ambiguity in inglés

portugués
polissemia
catalán
polisèmia
español
polisemia

The ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings.

      polisemia

      Subconcept of Word meanings (scot/3998)

            Synonyms
            Examples for "ambiguity"
            Examples for "ambiguity"
            1
            Additionally, this point recognizes a fundamental ambiguity in the nature of reality.
            Is Human Nature Obsolete?
            2
            Recommending course change, delta niner-zero degrees on any axis, to resolve ambiguity.
            For Honor We Stand
            3
            Attitudes under risk and ambiguity did not correlate across patients with schizophrenia.
            Pubmed
            4
            There was a lot of ambiguity, up until this morning, Lacavera said.
            Reuters
            5
            But Woods's guilty plea, made on legal advice, shows how ambiguity lingers.
            The Guardian
            Translations for lexical ambiguity
            portugués
            polissemia
            catalán
            polisèmia
            español
            polisemia