b) One Meaning Principle

It is the lexicographer’s task to give meanings to words. In order to find out what a word or
phrase means, we would of course look for its meaning in a dictionary. A word in a
dictionary almost always has many meanings given. However, only one of the meanings to
a word or phrase in the dictionary would fit the CONTEXT (one of the 3Cs to guide
interpretation discussed below), and that is the meaning which we want to find to interpret
the word correctly. In order to find the one meaning of a word or phrase, we must start with
using the correct methods to interpret.
c) Methods to use in Interpreting