Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A definition in which a new or extant term is given a new meaning for the purposes of argument or discussion in a given context.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semantics
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noun
a definition that is stipulated by someone and that is not a standard usage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: definition
History
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