Russian researchers have identified the absolute record holder for polysemy in the native language. The verb "идти" (to go) has the largest number of semantic variants in the Russian language, with linguists recording as many as 56 different meanings, reported the head of the lexicography laboratory at the Pushkin Institute, Alexandra Olkhovskaya. **Absolute Record Holder** The range of applications for this short word turned out to be incredibly wide. The verb "идти" easily describes a variety of processes in the surrounding world. It conveys the physical movement of a person on the sidewalk, the movement of railway transport, and familiar natural phenomena such as autumn rain. With the same word, people regularly describe the spread of appetizing smells coming from the kitchen, the emergence of sounds, or beams of light. Linguists emphasize that the word also effectively handles more abstract concepts. The verb accurately conveys the relentless passage of time, as years go by, and reflects the current flow of everyday events when a person's affairs are going well. Additionally, this word helps express the idea of harmonious correspondence between clothing and appearance, as when a dress suits a girl, or it shows the purposeful development of a personality on the path to a set goal. **Differences in Dictionaries** At the same time, specialists note that it is quite difficult to name an absolutely precise and unchanging number of semantic variants for any polysemous word in linguistics. Different academic schools use their own counting methodologies, so the data in various books can differ significantly. In the Great Universal Dictionary of the Russian Language edited by Valery Morkovkin, scholars have identified and assigned 56 meanings to the verb "идти." Meanwhile, the compilers of the Great Academic Dictionary of the Russian Language counted 27 main meanings and 36 additional shades of meaning. Another popular source, the Great Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language edited by Sergey Kuznetsov, offers readers 30 meanings and 11 shades of meaning. Nevertheless, in all existing lexicographic databases, this word confidently holds the palm for its universality.