polysemy definition
Polysemy (/pÉËlÉªsÉªmi/ or /ËpÉlÉªsiËmi/; from Greek: ÏÎ¿Î»Ï-, poly-, many and Ïá¿Î¼Î±, sÃªma, sign) is the capacity for a sign (such as a word, phrase, or symbol) to have multiple meanings (that is, multiple semes or sememes and thus multiple senses), usually related by contiguity of meaning within a semantic field.