Our review of the trial court’s rulings on the parties’ motions for summary judgment is plenary. See, e.g., Community Renewal Team, Inc. v. United States Liability Ins. Co., 128 Conn. App. 174, 177, 17 A.3d 88, cert. denied, 301 Conn. 918, 21 A.3d 463 (2011). Because the resolution of this appeal requires us to interpret § 45a-731 (11), which sets forth the exceptions to § 45a-731 (4), we are presented with an issue of statutory interpretation over which our review also is plenary.
(Citation omitted.) Community Renewal Team, Inc. v. United States Liability Ins. Co., 128 Conn.App. 174, 180, 17 A.3d 88, cert. denied, 301 Conn. 918, 21 A.3d 463 (2011). If we accepted the defendant's argument, § 1–2z would be rendered superfluous because we would find multiple dictionary definitions for every term we attempt to interpret, and therefore we would always be required to look to the legislative history.
"[A]ny word in the English language- except for words of specialized contexts, such as mathematics or science- will ordinarily have multiple meanings, depending on the context in which it has been used." Community Renewal Team, Inc. v. United States Liability Ins. Co., 128 Conn.App. 174, 180, 17 A.3d 88, cert. denied, 301 Conn. 918, 21 A.3d 463 (2011). Indeed, "[t]hat is why we have dictionaries: not to determine the meaning of a given word, or even the preferred meaning of a given word, but simply to give us a lexicon of the various meanings that the word has carried depending on the various contexts of its use."