"subsense" meaning in English

See subsense in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: subsenses [plural]
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  1. (lexicography) A sense of a word that reflects a part or aspect of a more general (broader) sense. Hypernyms: sense Derived forms: subsubsense Related terms: autohyponym

Inflected forms

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