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    The document discusses how words can have multiple meanings depending on the context. It provides the example of the word "way" and shows how it takes on different meanings in three sample sentences based on whether it refers to a path, an opening, or a behavior. To determine a word's specific meaning in a sentence, the document advises consulting a dictionary or analyzing the context of the sentence.

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    The document discusses how words can have multiple meanings depending on the context. It provides the example of the word "way" and shows how it takes on different meanings in three sample sentences based on whether it refers to a path, an opening, or a behavior. To determine a word's specific meaning in a sentence, the document advises consulting a dictionary or analyzing the context of the sentence.

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    The document discusses how words can have multiple meanings depending on the context. It provides the example of the word "way" and shows how it takes on different meanings in three sample sentences based on whether it refers to a path, an opening, or a behavior. To determine a word's specific meaning in a sentence, the document advises consulting a dictionary or analyzing the context of the sentence.

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    Words With Multiple Meanings

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    The document discusses how words can have multiple meanings depending on the context. It provides the example of the word "way" and shows how it takes on different meanings in three sample sentences based on whether it refers to a path, an opening, or a behavior. To determine a word's specific meaning in a sentence, the document advises consulting a dictionary or analyzing the context of the sentence.

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    The passage discusses that words can have multiple meanings and provides strategies like consulting a dictionary or checking the context to determine the intended meaning.

    The passage gives the word 'way' as an example of a word that can have multiple meanings.

    The passage says to consult a dictionary or check the context of the sentence to determine the intended meaning of a word with multiple meanings.

    Words

    With
    Multiple
    Meanings
    A word may have more than one
    meaning. To help us know the meaning of a
    certain word in a sentence, we consult a
    dictionary or check the context in the
    sentence.
    Study these sentences:

    1. Along the way, the Samaritan saw an injured


    man.
    (Way means path or road.)

    2. Give way to the man.


    (Way means an opening passage.)

    3. The Levite and the Samaritan had different


    ways of responding to the injured man.
    (Way means behavior.)
    The word way in the three sentences
    has different meanings. It has multiple
    meanings depending on how it is used in
    the sentences.
    path or road

    way opening passage

    behavior
    Directions: The words written in boldface are
    words with multiple meanings. Read the
    sentence below and choose the correct
    definition of each of the underlined words.
    Write the letter of the correct answer on the
    line.
    a. not heavy
    Light b. a form of energy

    c. pale color

    _____1. The light is glaring; it distracts my attention.


    _____2. The good Samaritan is a light traveler.
    _____3. Those light-haired robbers attacked the man
    from Jerusalem.
    a. chest box
    Trun
    k b. nose of an elephant

    c. main stem of a tree

    _____1. Majeed, have you experienced touching the trunk of an elephant?


    _____2. My grandmother pulls all her things inside the trunk.
    _____3. You will know the age of a tree by its trunk.
    a. spring of water
    well b. in a manner that I good and
    pleasing
    c. in good health; not sick

    _____1. The innkeeper is doing his work well.


    _____2. The good Samaritan brought some water from
    well.
    _____3. He got well.
    a. the upper part of a body.
    head b. position of leadership

    c. in front of

    _____1. Mrs. Vicente is the head of the school.


    _____2. Watch your head.
    _____3. The class president stays at the head of the line.
    LET’S CHECK!
    a. not heavy
    Light b. a form of energy

    c. pale color

    b
    _____1. The light is glaring; it distracts my attention.
    _____2. The good Samaritan is a light traveler.
    a Those light-haired robbers attacked the man
    _____3.
    from Jerusalem.
    c
    a. chest box
    Trun
    k b. nose of an elephant

    c. main stem of a tree

    b
    _____1. Majeed, have you experienced touching the trunk of an elephant?
    _____2. My grandmother pulls all her things inside the trunk.
    a
    _____3. You will know the age of a tree by its trunk.
    c
    a. spring of water
    well b. in a manner that I good and
    pleasing
    c. in good health; not sick

    b
    _____1. The innkeeper is doing his work well.
    a The good Samaritan brought some water
    _____2. from
    well.
    c
    _____3. He got well.
    a. the upper part of a body.
    head b. position of leadership

    c. in front of

    b
    _____1. Mrs. Vicente is the head of the school.
    a Watch your head.
    _____2.
    c
    _____3. The class president stays at the head of the
    line.

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