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CRITERIA OF SYNONYM IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK LANGUAGES

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  • 1. MA Student of Alisher Navo'i Tashkent State University of the Uzbek Language and Literature

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This article deals with the various aspects of semantic similarity between synonyms in English and Uzbek language, including core meaning, connotation, register, specificity, and idiomatic expressions. It is outlined that a definition of the term “synonym” provides for any objective criterion of similarity or sameness of meaning as far as it is based on the linguistic intuition of the scholars.     

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