English Words With More Than One Meaning: A Challenge For You.
By Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15962)
United States
January 30, 2016 9:01pm CST
It has often been said that the English language is the most difficult language to learn, for those who do not learn it from birth. I tend to agree with that statement.
Here are some examples that can be very confusing.
1. address: This word, as a noun, can mean your house number and name of your street and the town in which you live.
It can also mean speaking, as in a “public” address, to a group of people.
Or as a verb, to address or speak to a person, or group of people.
2. kite: This word can mean a bird of prey and scavenger or a paper and wood toy that you can fly in the air on a windy day.
3. sign: It can mean a billboard to advertise a product, or a Yield sign, or Stop sign.
It can also mean to write your name on a document or a sign of weakness.
It can also mean a way to speak to deaf people.
There are hundreds of words like that.
Here is the challenge. What English words would you add to this list?
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7 responses
@nottoooldtowrite (2715)
• Philippines
31 Jan 16
You always amaze me with your writing. 
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@nottoooldtowrite (2715)
• Philippines
31 Jan 16
1. Right - not left; not wrong
2. Place - where you are; put; rank in a contest
3. Stand - not sitting; your belief or side
4. Will - used in future tense; decision/choice (your free will); that document where someone assigns his/her properties (last will and testament)
5. Slash - symbol as in a /; cut
And there are so much more.
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@mammots (3209)
• Philippines
31 Jan 16
Here's my addition to your list. A cabinet as a noun according to Oxford Dictionaries means a cupboard with drawers or shelves for storing and for displaying articles but it could also mean a body of advisers to the president composed of the heads of executive departments of the government.
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
31 Jan 16
How about book: the book that you read, and book, as to book your vacation.
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@Elizaby (6902)
• Pensacola, Florida
31 Jan 16
gay happy time other meaning homosexual, figure to think things out, or body shape, dressing to put clothes on or another name for stuffing or something to season a salad, and I could go on
@grandbrix (81)
• Philippines
31 Jan 16
very interesting, am learning again from you and from our fellows' responses, is "double meaning" different from what we're discussing about?
