homonym
مجانسة
definition
noun
What exactly are the differences between synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms ?
each of two or more words having the same spelling but different meanings and origins (e.g., pole 1 and pole 2 ) ; a homograph.
translation of 'homonym'
noun
اللفظة المجانسة,
مجانسة
example
This is clearly an error as Miller and Gurley's younger name could not have priority over Meek and Worthen's older name, unless it was a replacement name for a 'homonym' .
Rhett Miller is king of the 'homonym' and double meaning.
When my first-grader Clare typed in ‘rows’ for ‘rose,’ the device did not recognize the 'homonym' .
In 1895 C.S. Sargent assigned it the name R. michauxii to correct Michaux's use of a 'homonym' and to honor its discoverer.
There is one obligatory element of the New Year's feast all over China, and that is a whole fish, because the Chinese phrase ‘have fish’ (you yu) is a 'homonym' of ‘have surplus’, so eating it is supposed to augur well for the new year.
Personally, I don't mind the more obscure 'homonyms' , but when someone mixes up ‘right’ and ‘write,’ or ‘knight’ and ‘night,’ it makes me really mad.
Ear (of corn) and ear (the organ) are examples of 'homonymy' , because etymologically the former derives from Old English éar while the latter derives from Old English éare.
Though as Dave Heasman points out far too often, I still mix up 'homonyms' .
'Homonyms' can present an especially difficult problem because they sound alike, but the different spellings mean different things.
Official codes of nomenclature continue to enforce this rule - one name, one species - although rooting out synonyms and 'homonyms' is a constant struggle.
Of course, the difficulty here is to provide a list that is as comprehensive as it is unambiguous, which is nearly impossible given 'homonymous' words such as 'like' (verb, adverb, preposition and conjunction).
Some ambiguities are merely ‘chance 'homonymies' ’ - as with the Greek word ‘kleis’ which means both ‘bolt’ and ‘collar-bone’.
Actually, what's also more disturbing than misspellings is people mixing up their 'homonyms' .
Obviously, ‘compliment’ and ‘complement’ are 'homonyms' .
But, beyond that, 'homonymy' seems to have been, even for Plato, no more than a source of ambiguity for wordplay.
The author may choose to use a specific word because it is polysemic or 'homonymic' .
Note that your PC spellchecker may not capture all the spelling glitches such as 'homonymous' words, the most commonly found spelling errors in essays.
Still, the basic idea is sound: given that most of our misspellings are now corrected for us by computers, the only thing standing between us and perfect spelling is 'homonyms' .
What exactly are the differences between synonyms, antonyms, and 'homonyms' ?
Each court reporter might use different conventions to represent 'homonyms' or other ambiguous words.
Here, she's playing off the 'homonymic' quality of ‘poll’ and ‘pole.’
A word like walk is polysemous (went walking, went for a walk, walk the dog, Cheyne Walk), while a word like bank is 'homonymous' between at least bank for money and bank of a river.
Read aloud again, looking for word problems: missing words, wrong 'homonyms' (their when you mean there), misspellings, grammatical errors, and confusing words.
Rather, I'm interested in 'homonymy' - in particular, the word quire.
Medieval French was much less concerned with the problems of 'homonymic' clash than subsequent stages of the language, and readily tolerated a plethora of homonyms which modern French has often officiously tidied up.
Much of the chatter derives from the abundance of 'homonyms' in Chinese, where a single sound can carry many meanings.
Turning from the CWA to that other Calgary writing group, the CWA… we discover just what a headache 'homonymous' acronyms can be.
So much humor depends upon 'homonyms' and creative mishearing.
The pun lost status in English, despite a wealth of 'homonyms' .
I've never been good with homophones or 'homonyms' .
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