| 1. | Most common adpositions are highly polysemous ( they have various different meanings ).
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| 2. | It is polysemous and the suggested meaning is archaic.
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| 3. | The term " and " has even been argued to have relevant polysemous meanings.
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| 4. | He notices a polysemous sign that reads " With man gone, will there be hope for gorilla ?"
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| 5. | Words that have multiple meanings ( called polysemous words ) are often untranslatable, especially with all their connotations.
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| 6. | After 1986, her novels changed direction to reflection on traditional Chinese cultures, with polysemous themes and varied techniques.
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| 7. | He also gave the name " Positive " to the last of these because of the polysemous connotations of the word.
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| 8. | For the 200 most-polysemous terms in English, the typical verb has more than twelve common meanings, or senses.
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| 9. | These issues are complicated by the polysemous character of the terms " natural " and " unnatural " which can be used in many equivocal ways.
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| 10. | For the 2000 most-polysemous terms in English, the typical verb has more than eight common senses and the typical noun has more than five.
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