Phrases that are polysemic:

• How are you?
• Let’s do coffee?
• We should get lunch one of these days?
• We should hang out soon. (soon in general)
• Get ready for the meeting.
• Ready by end of the business day.

Words that are polysemic:

• Bright
• naturally
• Clearly
• Get (become, understand, procure, obtain)
• Mathematical words: mean, power, even, volume, root

Here are some examples of polysemous words and polysemic phrases:

While:

• While John was in the garden, the doorbell rang.
• While your argument is correct, it is incomplete.

Key:

• I need to have the key replicated.
• The key issue with this presentation was not one of completion but lack of polish.

Makeup:

• Sally is a fantasy writer. She likes making up stories.
• Did you know that English speakers make up a huge percentage of the global population?

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