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Sinonymy

• Every time a new slang term meaning 'automobile' is invented, a synonym relation is predicted for the new slang term (say, ride) and the standard and slang terms that already exist( car, auto, wheels, etc.).

Antonymy

• Should further evidence be required, try visiting a public lavatory without checking which is the "gents" and which is the "ladies".

Paraphrase

• Here are some sentences that have been paraphrased: Original: Her life spannerd years of incredible chance for women. Paraphrase: Mary lived through an era of liberating reform for women.

Hyponymy

• Most people than either synonymy or antonomy, but ir refers to a much more important sence relation. It describes what happens when we say 'An X is a kind of Y'-- A daffodil is a kind of flower, of simply, A daffodil is a flower."

Homophones

• ex: addition for math ex: edtion of a book

Homonymy

• ex: the spruce tree ex: to spruce up

Homographs

• exs: desert= abandon ex: desert= area of land

Polysemy

• If a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yeards, I should call him a goos shot, but notnecessarily a good man

Ambiguity

• ex: A good life depends on a liver - Liver may be an organ or simply a living person. ex: Foreigners are hunting dogs - It is unclear whether dogs were being hunted or foreigners are being spoken of as dogs.