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Dictionary definitions are like 'gold standards' - artificial, theoretical and dogmatic. Actual meaning of words is their free-

exchange value.

Language is already slippery; given this, accounting for 'meaning in use' will only exasperate the problem. That is why

lexicographers 'fix' meanings

Meaning is dynamic; definitions are static. The 'meaning in use' theory helps us understand that definitions of words are

culled from their meaning in exchange and use and not vice versa.

The meaning of words in dictionaries is clear, fixed and less dangerous and ambiguous than the meaning that arises when

words are exchanged between people.

✅ Correct Option: 3

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