Variants of Sense

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Variants of Sense

In the left pane, there are multiple instances of Variants of Sense in all views. You configure each instance separately.

In the right pane, select () each variant type you want to display.

Optionally, you can do the following:

- In the left pane, duplicate Variants of Sense. Then, select different types to display in each instance.
- Use up arrows or down arrows to reorder the instances (left pane) or selected types (right pane).

When a specific sense of the primary entry is selected for a variant form, you use Variant of Sense to configure references to variant forms (as they appear in the primary entry).

Example
	If selected (), contents from these fields are displayed: Variant Type: Abbreviation, Name or both from Variant Types list. When needed, the Abbreviation, Name or both from the Complex Form Types list. (Complex forms can be variants.) Variant Form: headword from the Variants of Sense field Dialect Labels: Abbreviation, Full Name or both from the Dialect Labels list. Variant Pronunciations: from the variant entry. See: Pronunciation Comment: Comment field Summary Definition: Summary Definition field.
See Also: Variant of and Variant Forms. For Hybrid views, see Variant Forms (Inflected Variants).

Example

If selected (), contents from these fields are displayed:

Variant Type: Abbreviation, Name or both from Variant Types list. When needed, the Abbreviation, Name or both from the Complex Form Types list. (Complex forms can be variants.)
Variant Form: headword from the Variants of Sense field
Dialect Labels: Abbreviation, Full Name or both from the Dialect Labels list.
Variant Pronunciations: from the variant entry. See: Pronunciation
Comment: Comment field
Summary Definition: Summary Definition field.

See Also: Variant of and Variant Forms. For Hybrid views, see Variant Forms (Inflected Variants).

Variants of Sense

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