How do you use Homonym in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like word, plus the exact meaning.
Homonym meaning
- A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both).
- A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.
Synonyms of Homonym
Homonym vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Homonym
- The main meaning on this page is: A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both). | A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word. | A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both).
- Useful related words include: word.
- Possible Dutch translations are: homoniem.
- In the example corpus, homonym often appears in combinations such as: is homonym.
Context around Homonym
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Homonym
- In this selection, "homonym" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, accent stand out and add context to how "homonym" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in the homonym accent merely and is a homonym for son. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "homonym" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with homonym
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The company's share code, 9988, is a homonym in Chinese for "eternal prosperity". (14 words)
Polar questions are indicated with interrogative particles, most commonly /teː/ a homonym of the negation particle. (16 words)
He notes that Sun is a homonym for Son, and that Wheatley intended a double reference to Christ. (18 words)
This does not necessarily mean that one of the phonemes is absent in the homonym accent; merely that it is not contrastive in the same range of contexts. (28 words)
He notes that Sun is a homonym for Son, and that Wheatley intended a double reference to Christ. (18 words)
Polar questions are indicated with interrogative particles, most commonly /teː/ a homonym of the negation particle. (16 words)
Example sentences (4)
The company's share code, 9988, is a homonym in Chinese for "eternal prosperity".
He notes that Sun is a homonym for Son, and that Wheatley intended a double reference to Christ.
Polar questions are indicated with interrogative particles, most commonly /teː/ a homonym of the negation particle.
This does not necessarily mean that one of the phonemes is absent in the homonym accent; merely that it is not contrastive in the same range of contexts.
Common combinations with homonym
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- is homonym 2×