straight
→
exactly
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | straight | |
| Meaning 1 | rectilinear | a long, straight road |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | directly | I’ve got a meeting straight after lunch. |
| Reference | François 2008: 166 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme 1 | direct | |
| Lexeme 2 | directly | |
| Meaning 1 | straight | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | exactly | I went directly after breakfast |
| Reference | ODE | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | прямой (prjamoj) | |
| Lexeme 2 | прямо (prjamo) | |
| Meaning 1 | straight | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | exactly | Сделай это прямо сейчас Do it right now |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||