Question

What is polysemy?

• A. Two or more words spelled alike but differ in meaning
• B. The existence of a word because of its opposite
• C. It refers to the multiplicity of meaning
• D. The literal expression of a word

Answer 1

Answer:

C. It refers to the multiplicity of meaning

• Polysemy means that one word has multiple related meanings.

• The meanings are connected or extensions of the original sense.

👉 Examples:

• head → part of the body / leader of a group / top of something

• foot → part of the body / base of a mountain / bottom of a page

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