backing
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of providing approval and support
his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives
Types & categories
- blessing hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
something forming a back that is added for strengthening
Types & categories
- layer hypernym
- strengthener hypernym
Parts & wholes
- framework part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
financial resources provided to make some project possible
the foundation provided support for the experiment
Types & categories
- resource hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | back |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | back |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | support |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | second |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | blessing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | back |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mount |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mount |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | framework |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | layer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | strengthener |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fund |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | back |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | support |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | resource |