Question: Sentence 1: The hollow of the hand or of a tree.
Sentence 2: He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.
Does hollow mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: different meanings

Question: Sentence 1: To move in a matter.
Sentence 2: The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell.
Does move mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: different meanings

Question: Sentence 1: To militate in favor of a particular result.
Sentence 2: Politeness militated against this opinion being expressed.
Does militate mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer:
the same meaning