"colexification" meaning in English

See colexification in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: colexifications [plural]
Etymology: By surface analysis, co- + lexi- + -ify + -ication. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|co-|lexi-|-ify|-ication}} By surface analysis, co- + lexi- + -ify + -ication Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} colexification (countable and uncountable, plural colexifications)
  1. (linguistics) The linguistic pattern whereby multiple meanings can be expressed by the same word (or a pair of homonymous words). Wikipedia link: colexification Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Related terms: colexify, dislexify, dyslexify, ambiguity, metonymy, synecdoche, nonuniqueness, unique identifier

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