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Do The Meanings Of Words Change From Person To Person?

Every author of all dictionaries has his or her own closely related definition of any word.

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Do The Meanings Of Words Change From Person To Person?
Rayshell Clapper

Every author of all dictionaries has his or her own closely related definition of any word.

In the world of literature, many writers may have the same definition of a word, but told from a different point of perspective. Their experience of the word will determine what their opinion of it will be. For example, there are many different dictionaries that are told from several different authors. Every definition in the book is similarly characterized and summarized by their point of view because their opinion of the word alters its definition. This idea can sometimes be difficult for authors to write their own words in a book without stealing some else’s is like stealing a scientific theory from an astronomer. People try to find ways to explain words in their own way showing their comprehension of it. This idea can lead to finding other ways to approach a specific term as if you are directly engaging in a conversation because how you think and speak will determine how well you communicate towards people as well as your level of vocabulary words.

However, meanings of words can always be perceived differently over time because there may be a time to where all authors from around the world come in agreement explain the exact past and current words in their definition thus forming only one dictionary, which can be translated throughout all kinds of languages. Many foreign languages such as Spanish describes the many objects or people differently speaking the noun first before the adjective instead of it being the other way around like English. Little use of old English still exist in some parts of modern English of today as it changes from one generation to the next. Writers and authors of today still trying figure out what description or paraphrase of any old English verse can best be precisely compatible with parts of current English to express their opinion of the word.

All these factors can help people think of new words as another way to expand vocabulary further to generate more ideas of creativity and/or innovation of the world. The perception a meaning in any word can change from person to person through the understanding the cycle of them along with closely-similar definitions. This idea can also be another way to figure out why people see many objects in the same dream differently. Someday, people may come up with new inventions, which could create words that an urban dictionary will no longer contain. Whenever there is new words with definitions being introduced, there could always be different culminations of prefixes and suffixes that could be added to it. The perception of society will always change: therefore the meanings of words from person to person will alter.

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