"double meaning" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: double meanings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} double meaning (plural double meanings)
  1. The situation in which a word or phrase has two different, often opposite, meanings. For example, wicked can mean both "good" and "bad". Categories (topical): Ambiguity
    Sense id: en-double_meaning-en-noun-OKro3l6b Disambiguation of Ambiguity: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 62 38
  2. A deliberate construction that plays on two separate meanings of a word or words; a pun. Categories (topical): Ambiguity
    Sense id: en-double_meaning-en-noun-yUFdE4yS Disambiguation of Ambiguity: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: double entendre

Inflected forms

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