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HETERONYM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heteronym mean?
• HETERONYM (noun)
The noun HETERONYM has 1 sense:
1. two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation
Familiarity information: HETERONYM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
the word 'bow' is an example of a heteronym
Hypernyms ("heteronym" is a kind of...):
word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)
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