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Definition of "homographic" []

  • Spelt identically. (adjective)
  • Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound. (adjective)

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Use "homographic" in a sentence
  • "A sensible spelling reform as opposed to revolution of English spelling would eliminate the unpredictable pronunciations and the homographic heterophones, making English spellng as usable as French spelling."
  • "Its facility returned me to the sugary evocations I first saw in its title; here, indeed, is social critique tied up with a homographic bow."
  • "Jon Mills Chicago, Illinois We, too, were unfamiliar with the term "homographic-heterosemantic phonoglosses," but the meanings of its elements are transparent enough: homographic means ` (of two or more words) written identically '; heterosemantic means"