¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Homographs
1. homograph [n] - See also: homograph
Lexicographical Neighbors of Homographs
Literary usage of Homographs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New High German: A Comparative Study by William Winston Valentine (1894)
"... WITH THE SAME ORTHOGRAPHY (homographs). 804. These are Subst. which have the
same orthography, but which are different in meaning and gender. ..."
2. Phonics for English Reading, Spelling and Writing Express: Orton-Spalding by Pauline M. Adamson (2004)
"... Homonyms & homographs Sequence 29 Homonyms Homonyms are words that sound alike
but have different meanings and usually different spellings. ..."
3. Vocabulary Centers, 5-6 by Sandi Johnson, Evan-Moor Educational Publishers (2006)
"The students sort the cards into two piles—sentences and homographs. 2.
Working together, the students read each pair of sentences aloud. ..."
4. Quaternions and Projective Geometry by Charles Jasper Joly (1903)
"Its homograph is the line joining the homographs of these chords. ... Connectors of
points with their homographs compose the complex of the sixth order ) ..."
5. Clues to Comprehension, Grades 3-4 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Sharon Rosenberger, Sarita Chávez Silverman (2002)
"homographs are words that are spelled the same, but have different meanings.
homographs may sound the same, like ruler (a leader) and ruler (a tool for ..."
6. Clues to Comprehension, Grades 5-6 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Sharon Rosenberger, Sarita Chávez Silverman (2002)
"homographs may sound the same, like ruler (a leader) and ruler (a tool for ...
homographs may also sound different, like wind (the kind that blows) and wind ..."
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