“The dictionary is full of words. They are almost all ambiguous in the sense that they have many meanings. **But a word that has several meanings can be used in one sense at a time. When writer and reader somehow manage for a time to use a given word with one and only one meaning, then, during that time of unambiguous usage, they have come to terms**. ([Location 1450](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B004PYDAPE&location=1450) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[reading-books]], [[communication-skills]], [[semantic-creep]] **Source** -- [[20250103084100 - B - How to Read a Book]]