Usually means: Multiple meanings for one word.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word polysemy:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. polysemy: Merriam-Webster
  2. polysemy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. polysemy: Collins English Dictionary
  4. polysemy: Vocabulary.com
  5. polysemy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. polysemy: Wiktionary
  7. polysemy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. polysemy: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. polysemy: Dictionary.com
  10. Polysemy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. polysemy: Rhymezone
  12. polysemy: FreeDictionary.org
  13. polysemy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. polysemy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. polysemy: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Polysemy: Glossary of English Grammar Terms
  3. Polysemy: Lexicon of Linguistics

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. polysemy: Wordcraft Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. polysemy: Television: Critical Methods and Applications

(Note: See polysemous as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (polysemy)

noun:  (semantics) The property of a word, sign or symbol that can represent multiple meanings (senses), including multiple similar ones.

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