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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, ...
    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://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. 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

  10. 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: fa...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  11. Homograph
    A homograph (from the ὁμός, homós, "same" and γράφω, gráphō, "write") is a word that shares the same written form as another word but has a different meaning. When spoken, the meanings may be distinguished by different pronunciations, in which case the words are also heteronyms. Words with the same writing and pronunciation (i.e. ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homograph

  12. homograph
    Word that is spelled like another word but has a different meaning or origin. For example: rush, meaning to move quickly, from Old French ruser, to put to flight, and rush, meaning a slender marsh plant, from Old English risce. Homographs do not need to have the same pr...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency



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