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Derrida I think that implies, even while being critical, that while the meaning of words, the philosophy of presence (or co-presence, something else that accompanies words) is a cultural fantasy it is an inevitable or essential one. Husserl's irreal meanings too have an element of fictionality to them, while at the same time they are essential.
These are all different kinds of "words that have multiple meanings", depending on how one understands words, multiple, and meanings. – John Lawler Commented Feb 24, 2013 at 19:02
A lot of words obviously have multiple meanings. Also, a lot of words have synonyms. Are there groups of words that are synonyms for multiple meanings? For instance, say word A has Definition A1, Definition A2, Definition A3. Word B has Definition B1, Definition B2 and Definition B3. These words would be synonyms for "multiple meanings" if for ...
There is the linguistic term polyseme for a word that has several meanings. The Greek word element poly- means much/many, the Greek word element -seme means sign, from Greek sêma sign. The phenomenon that words or in general signs can have a lot of meanings is called polysemy. Wikipedia has an article on polysemy. Wikipedia, polysemy
That is, a word can take on meanings that are closely related as for instance the consequence of a thing or an act. There are a lot of possibilities how a word can develop new meanings. The second possibility is two words have become identical in the course of time due to historical sound change or drop of syllables and other reasons.
A word with a wide range of meanings. Is there a word that describes a situation where someone says something that has multiple meanings? or can be taken multiple ways. An example that comes to mind is when someone is being both serious and sarcastic, and they could be taken either way or both ways. Example: Person X: Why do you work in the dark?
1. Many words have multiple meanings. Look up 'set', 'stand' , or 'run'. One part of meaning is the part of speech. 'I have to run to the store', 'I have a run in my stocking': 'run' means two different things in those sentences, also two different parts of speech (the meanings are obviously related). There is no word specifically to describe a ...
7. Ambiguous. is a good single word to describe a word having multiple meanings. 'Polysemous' is the technically correct word but is jargon for linguists. Other words for indicating that one meaning has not been specified are. vague. unclear. but they aren't specifically about multiple meanings.
4. Double entendre: a word, phrase, etc, that can be interpreted in two ways, esp one having one meaning that is indelicate. Pun: a play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words. Play of words: a pun or the act of punning. Share.
It has more than 200 definitions in the OED, organised thus: To cause to sit, seat; to be seated, sit. To sink, descend. To put in a definite place (the manner of the action being implied either in the verb itself or in the context). To place or cause to be in a position, condition, relation, or connection.