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It all depends on whose doing the counting! The two best answers at present are "make" and "run"
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Most often the "official" answer is taken from Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
According to the 2nd edition of the OED, the answer woudl be "SET" (as one answer-er has already suggested.
But according to the most RECENT edition of the OED (3rd edition, published in 2000) it has been overtaken by
"MAKE"
The rest of its 'tops' lists:
set (verb),
run (verb)
take (verb)
go (verb)
pre- (revised)
non- (revised)
over- (revised)
stand (verb)
red
point (the noun - revised)
http://www.oed.com/news/revisions.html...
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According to Irving Lorge of Columbia University, who made a special study of the 570 words in English with the most meanings. Tops on his list:
RUN and its compounds --with 800.
(He also finds hundreds of meanings each for -put, make, pass, stand, work.)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/articl...
shift
I got 27 definitions for "to." I'm sure there's something else out there with more...
I think it's "up". The count you get may depend upon whether it's an abridged or an unabridged dictionary.
set
464 definitions!
SPRING
1- season
2- jump
3- fountain
4- wire spring
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