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		wunderlust on Jan 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Does Not Translate This seems problematic. "Given the right context" a lot of words could be synonyms. It seems like it's implicit in the meaning of "synonymous" that two words share the same meaning if they're interchangeable (in their respective languages) in all contexts.

vidarh on Jan 15, 2022 [–]

Synonyms are rarely exact matches, and even more rarely exact matches without additional context.

Long and extended are synonyms when talking about length, but not family for example.

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