Arriving at the Appropriate Meaning of Words

Many words in the English language have multiple meanings. Often, the meaning of a word depends on how it is used in a sentence. For example the words value and device, may have several meanings.

Value
a. worth
b. numerical quantity
c. relative duration of a musical note
d. lightness or darkness of a color
e. something intrinsically desirable

Device
f. a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical o electronic contrivance
g. an explosive contrivance; a bomb
h. a turn of phrase intended to produce a particular effect in a literary work
i. a plan, scheme, or trick with a particular aim
j. an emblematic or heraldic design

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SOURCE: Bermudez, V., Cruz, J., Gorgon, E., Nery, R., San Juan, M. English Expressways IV textbook