Question: Sentence 1: The golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling.
Sentence 2: In most soccer games there are three officials: the referee and two linesmen.
Does official mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: the same meaning

Question: Sentence 1: New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's.
Sentence 2: She dropped acid when she was a teenager.
Does drop mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: different meanings

Question: Sentence 1: To purchase land, to purchase a house.
Sentence 2: The family purchased a new car.
Does purchase mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer:
the same meaning