dual meaning

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dual
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈdʒuː.əl/us
/ˈduː.əl/
with two parts, or combining ...
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meaning
noun
uk
/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/us
/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/
The meaning of something is what it expresses ...
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(Definition ofdualandmeaningfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The concept of decommodification, however, is plagued by a fundamental difficulty: itsdualmeaning.
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The term transcontextuality indicates that a sound has adualmeaning, which refers both to the musical context created by the composer and to its original, natural or cultural context.
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I wonder whether, with this particular article as with some others, we are not running into difficulties because of thedualmeaningof "pre-packed".
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I prefer that phrase "measure of loss"to the phrase"measure of damages", which has adualmeaning.
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The title is a play on the verb "serve," which has adualmeaningof to assist and to provide as a meal.
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Of course, the term also carried a cultural dimension to itsdualmeaning.
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It is one of his favorite iconographies because water has adualmeaning: it can mean total destruction, but it can also mean rebirth. 7.
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There are also at least twodualmeaningworks during this time.
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Thedualmeaningexpresses the will of the citizens, companies, and local governments to support the team.
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Kassner uses face in itsdualmeaningas "vision" and "visage", seeing and countenance.
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The word light also haddualmeaning, describing both physical and spiritual illumination.
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Other languages have a noun with similardualmeaning.
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Hopi does not have dual pronouns; instead, the plural pronouns may be used with singular verbs for adualmeaning.
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The initials had adualmeaning.
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Hopi does not have dual pronouns, but the plural pronouns may be used with singular verbs with adualmeaning.
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Ahmer, while trying to reminisce his encounters with his father (shown in flashback sequences), gathers the true understanding of thedualmeaningreplies of his father.
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Most interpretations of modal logic assign dual meanings to these two operators.
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In conclusion, yangban had dual meanings: legally it meant high-ranking officials; however, in reality it included almost all descendents of the former and increasingly lost its legal exactitude.
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