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From http://blog.tesol.org/how-to-possess-a-word/

Elena Shvidko writes, “What does it mean to know the word? When language learners see a new word and try to memorize it, the meaning of the word is only one part of the word knowledge that helps them “possess” the word and use it appropriately in different contexts. In fact, word knowledge consists of several components that are required from a language learner for its successful acquisition. They include meaning, orthography, pronunciation, part of speech, morphology, register, collocations, and connotation.”

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