subsense
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
subsense (plural subsenses)
- (lexicography) A sense of a word that reflects a part or aspect of a more general sense
- 2003, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, page 21a:
- When an italicized label or guide phrase follows a boldface numeral, the label or phrase applies only to that specific numbered sense and its subsenses.