English to German Meaning of homograph - Homograph

Homograph :

Homograph

noun

Homograph

Homograph :: HomographHomographs :: Homographe

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Definitions of homograph in English

Noun(1) two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair

Examples of homograph in English

(1) Identification and explanation: The homograph ├ö├ç├┐head├ö├ç├û can be interpreted as a noun meaning either chief or the anatomical head of a body.(2) They may, however, be put off by homographs and polysemous words, such as the various uses of ├ö├ç├┐bank├ö├ç├û and ├ö├ç├┐crane├ö├ç├û.(3) The target pool consisted of 100 homographs divided into 20 sets of 5 each.(4) But there are huge numbers of homophones that are also homographs : pen ├ö├ç├┐writing implement├ö├ç├û, pen ├ö├ç├┐enclosure for animals├ö├ç├û, and pen ├ö├ç├┐penitentiary├ö├ç├û, to choose a textbook example.(5) Other homographs have known to cause problems even for native speakers.(6) The book ignores such words as ball, bound, and plane, which are both homophonic and homographic .(7) A number of words were tagged in the texts to separate homographs , so that ├ö├ç├┐will├ö├ç├û is separated into verb and noun forms, ├ö├ç├┐that├ö├ç├û into conjunctive, relative and demonstrative ones, and so on.(8) Homographic puns make use of multiple meanings from a single spelling (e.g., ├ö├ç├┐pen├ö├ç├û for writing instrument or animal enclosure).

(1) homogeneous mixture ::

eine homogene Mischung

Synonyms

1. homograph ::

Homograph

Different Forms

homograph, homographs

English to German Dictionary: homograph

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