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homophone
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Word definitions for homophone in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Although we could not remove all homophones, we could treat differently certain classes of words which are frequently accessed erroneously. ▪ If such effects were included, the number of homophones would probably be still greater. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Homophone \Hom"o*phone\, n. [Cf. F. homophone. See Homophonous .] A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another. --Gliddon. A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling ''or'' meaning ''or'' origin, for example: carat, caret, carrot, and karat. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homophone http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/homophone?view=uk ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning, and may differ in spelling. The words may be spelled the same, such as rose (flower) and rose (past tense of "rise"), or differently, such as carat , caret , and carrot ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"a word pronounced the same as another (whether spelled the same or not) but different in meaning," 1843, from the adjective homophone (1620s), from Greek homos "same" (see homo- (1)) + phone "sound" (see fame (n.)). Related: Homophonic .
Usage examples of homophone.
It usually had a separate cipher alphabet with homophones and a codelike list of names, words, and syllables.
Conversely, several signs, or homophones, could be used to express the same word.
It usually had a separate cipher alphabet with homophones and a codelike list of names, words, and syllables.
This is of very low redundancy because of the more even use of letters, the greater freedom in combining them, the suppression of frequencies by the use of homophones, and so on.
If so, the abundance of homophones in the Chinese language may have had a large impact on the role of literacy in Chinese society, yet it seems unlikely that there was anything in the Chinese environment selecting for a language rich in homophones.