...at least statistically speaking, as the odds are clearly in your favor with these words.Today at work, I learned that there are five entries in the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition that have at least 100 binding substitutes each (roughly equivalent to senses), to wit: the verbs go, make, turn, take, and run. Set, often touted as one of the longest entries in the dictionary, comes in just behind (in this book at least) at 99. Take is actually the leader, with 152, although that includes all of the defined phrases (like take a back seat) as well.
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