behalf
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
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as
on behalf of
Types & categories
- stead hypernym
Sense 2 noun
for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive)
in your behalf
Types & categories
- sake hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | stead |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sake |