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Instance of: lemon:LexicalSense
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lemon:definition Statement1
rdf:type lemon:SenseDefinition
lemon:value eng “A noun meaning the process as the language changes over time in linguistics wherein the meaning of or part of the sense of a word which was used as a portion of a popularized metaphorical phrase is transferred back to and subsequently becomes one of the accepted general meanings of the original word used in the phrase . (Example mouse, in computing from computer mouse, an input device which possessed a metaphorical tail.)”
lemon:value eng “From at least 1995, the Latin and Greek metaphora ', the transferring of the meaning of one word to another word.plus extension— Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension.”
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uby:statementType “etymology”
uby:index “1”
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uby:externalReference “492889:0:1”
uby:externalSystem “Wiktionary sense key”

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