LEXICAL AMBIGUITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

lexical ambiguity; polysemy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("lexical ambiguity" is a kind of...):

ambiguity; equivocalness (unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning)

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