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homonymy

/hɒmənɪmi/ noun · British & US
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What does homonymy mean?

noun

The state or condition of having words that are pronounced or spelled the same but have different meanings. The phenomenon of words that are homographs or homophones.

Example

"The linguist studied the homonymy of words like 'bank' and 'bank' in the context of finance and geography."

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