Select the sentence containing the homonym of the highlighted word:
The current debate involves key economic issues.
The question requires us to identify the sentence containing the homonym of the highlighted word "current" from the initial sentence: The current debate involves key economic issues. Here, "current" refers to something happening now or contemporary.
Let's analyze the options to find the homonym:
- The swimmer fought against the current. - In this context, "current" refers to the flow of water. This is a different meaning from the "current" in the original sentence, making it a homonym.
- The current trends favor decentralization. - Here, "current" again means contemporary or happening now, similar to the original sentence.
- His current address is unknown. - This "current" also refers to something happening now or at present, which is the same context as the original sentence.
- The minister spoke on current policy. - In this sentence, "current" again refers to something contemporary, the same usage as the original sentence.
Based on this analysis, the sentence The swimmer fought against the current. contains the homonym of "current" with a completely different meaning (water flow currents), unrelated to the original context (present time or being contemporary).
Therefore, the correct answer is The swimmer fought against the current.
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Important Questions from Correct Usage of Word
Select the segment in which a word has been INCORRECTLY used.
Is the Abominable Snowman a friction of the mountaineers’ imagination?The officer under suspension felt intimated by the committee members during his interrogation regarding the allegations against him.
Amongst them all, she was the only one with the perquisite to understand the complexity of the situation.
At the official function organised for the attending dignitaries, guests arrived in scrumptious attire for the banquet.
The lake atop the mountain has always been the lyre for intrepid hikers.
