subsense
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]subsense (plural subsenses)
- (lexicography) A sense of a word that reflects a part or aspect of a more general (broader) sense.
- Hypernym: sense
- Hyponym: subsubsense
- 2003, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, page 21a:
- When an italicized label or guide phrase follows a boldface numeral, the label or phrase applies only to that specific numbered sense and its subsenses.