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- What is an example of narrowing?
- What is an example of narrowing in semantics?
- What are examples of broadening?
- What are some examples of semantic change?
What is an example of narrowing?
to become less wide or to make something less wide: The road narrows after the bridge. He narrowed his eyes in suspicion. They have narrowed the focus of the investigation, to concentrate on younger adults.
What is an example of narrowing in semantics?
Semantic Narrowing
An evident example of a word that went through such a process is meat. In Old English, meat referred to any and all items of food. It could also mean something sweet, any sweet that existed at the time. As time passed, meat gradually began to refer only to animal flesh.
What are examples of broadening?
to become wider, or to cause something to become wider: The track broadens and becomes a road at this point. They are broadening the bridge to speed up the flow of traffic.
What are some examples of semantic change?
Examples in English. Awful — Literally "full of awe", originally meant "inspiring wonder (or fear)", hence "impressive". In contemporary usage, the word means "extremely bad". Awesome — Literally "awe-inducing", originally meant "inspiring wonder (or fear)", hence "impressive".
