The original meaning of "shrewd" is "evil" or "wickedness" while modern meaning is "clever", this belongs to ______ of word-meaning.
A: degradation
B: elevation
C: extension
D: narrowing
A: degradation
B: elevation
C: extension
D: narrowing
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- The meaning of word accident has undergone the process of ________.( ) A: widening of meaning B: narrowing of meaning C: meaning elevation D: meaning degradation
- ______ is not the narrowing of word-meaning. A: Some phrases are shortened and only one element of the original is left to retain the meaning of the whole. B: Material nouns are used to refer to objects made of them C: A word of abstract meaning is used as a concrete meaning D: A common word is turned into a specific word
- ____ is the meaning given in the dictionary and forms the core of word-meaning. A: Grammatical meaning B: Denotative meaning C: Associative meaning D: Connotative meaning
- The process of word formation by shifting the word class to change the meaning of a word is called ______. A: broadening B: meaning shift C: conversion D: narrowing
- If a word or phrase is used in its exact or original meaning without any additional meaning, then we can say we only use __________ of it. A: figurative meaning B: literary meaning C: connotative meaning D: denotative meaning