wordtomeaning
Wordtomeaning is a term used in linguistics and natural language processing to describe the relationship between a word form and its semantic meaning. It encompasses the study of how lexical entries encode meanings, how senses are distinguished in dictionaries and databases, and how interpretation changes with context. In practice, wordtomeaning refers to the process of linking a lexical item to one or more semantic representations, such as glosses, concept identifiers, or contextual embeddings.
The concept underlies major resources and tasks in lexical semantics. Lexical databases like WordNet, BabelNet, and
Approaches to wordtomeaning range from traditional to contemporary. Rule-based dictionaries and hand-crafted sense inventories offer precise
Common challenges include polysemy, where multiple related senses share a form; varying granularity in sense inventories;
See also: Word sense disambiguation, lexical semantics, WordNet, BabelNet, distributional semantics.