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Lexical Ambiguity

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used in different contexts to express two or more different meanings

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
polysemy
plural
Lexical Ambiguities
possessive
Lexical Ambiguity's
pluralpossessive
Lexical Ambiguities'