The meaning of a word contains nothing more than the objects to which it refers.
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ANSWER: False
The meaning of a word can pick out certain properties of the objects to which it refers.
If my only neighbor is the mayor of my town, then the phrases “my neighbor” and “my mayor” REFER to the SAME person. Nonetheless, these phrases still have DIFFERENT MEANINGS, because one is used to describe where that person lives (next to me) and the other is used to describe what that person does (the job of mayor). Moreover, if my neighbor loses the next election for mayor, then at that later time “my neighbor” and “my mayor” will not refer to the same person any more; but words that have the same meaning cannot change their meanings and have different meanings just because of who wins an election.
