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Look up: homograph

  1. homograph
    one of two or more words that have the same spelling, but different meanings. e.g. The term bank could refer to a financial institution or the side of a river.
    Found on http://www.willpowerinfo.co.uk/glossary.

  2. Homograph
    Two or more words which share the same spelling but are pronounced differently and have different meanings e.g. 'tear' and 'tear'.
    Found on http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of

  3. homograph
    [n] - two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Homograph
    words which have the same spelling as another, but different meaning: the calf was eating/my calf was aching; the North Pole/totem pole/he is a Pole. Pronunciation may be different: a lead pencil/the dog's lead; furniture polish/Polish people. A homonym.
    Found on http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary

  5. homograph
    word or group of words having the same graphical form but a different meaning from another word or group of words ex.:wind 1(air)and wind 2(rotate) Category: Language and literature
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Homograph
    Hom'o·graph noun [ Greek 'omo`grafos with the same letters; 'omo`s the same + gra`fein to write.] (Philol.) One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair , noun , a market, and fair , adjective , beautiful.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/57

  7. homograph
    <philosophy> One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, a market, and fair, beautiful. ... Origin: Gr. 'omografos with the same letters; 'omos the same + grafein to write. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. homograph
    noun two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Homograph
    A `homograph` is one of a group of words that share the same spelling but have different meanings. When spoken, the meanings are sometimes, but not necessarily, distinguished by different pronunciations. A homograph is a specific type of `homonym`. Examples: :(1) :shift `n`. (a change)shift `n`. (a period at work)shift `v`. (slang for 'move it') In (1) all three words are identical in spelling and pronunciation (ie they are also homophones), b...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homograph

  10. Homograph
    • (n.) One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. homograph
    homograph A word that is spelled in the same way as one or more other words but is different in meaning, e.g., the verb project; as in, “I project that next year we will do better.” and the noun project; as in, “I will complete the project next week.” Other homographs include: fair, market and fair, beautiful; lead, to conduct, and lead, ...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf


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21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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