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What does homograph mean?

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  1. A word that is spelled the same as another word, usually having a different etymology, such as "bear", the animal, and "bear", to support, to tolerate, etc.
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Note: A homograph is a word which has the same spelling as another, but a different meaning.
When the related word precedes the homograph on the initial encounter, little competition should exist.
Each of two declarations is said to be a homograph of the other if both declarations have the same identifier and overloading is allowed for at most one of the two.
For the nonbiased contextual condition, the preceding context was neutral toward the meaning of the homograph.
She's German but the homograph was entirely deliberate.
A homograph is a letter or string that is visually confusable with a different letter or string.

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