The ball was still in play.
Insiders said the company's stock was in play.
Word: "play"
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
the same meaning
Question: Sentence 1: I don't know how to break this to you, but your cat is not coming back.
Sentence 2: News of her death broke in the morning.
Does break mean the same thing in these two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
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Answer: the same meaning
Problem: Sentence1: We congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal.
Sentence2: The play ran for 100 performances.
Q: Does the term performance mean the same thing in both these sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer: different meanings
Q: Sentence (1) He has a hold over them.
Sentence (2) He ordered a hold in the action.. Word: hold. OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
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A: different meanings
Q: Does the word "stand" mean the same thing in "Can you stand the bookshelf up?" and "The law stands!"?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

A: different meanings
Question: This question has options. Does the word "ribbon" have the same definition in the next 2 sentences?

The lighted ribbon of traffic.

A mere ribbon of land.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer:
the same meaning