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verb

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite

Line style: core relation; instance, member or derived; substance, domain or see-also

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Senses

be a signal for or a symptom of

These symptoms indicate a serious illness

express the need or desire for; ask for

She requested an extra bed in her room

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	derivation	Related & opposite	signal
1	derivation	Related & opposite	indication
1	derivation	Related & opposite	indication
1	derivation	Related & opposite	indicator
1	derivation	Related & opposite	revelatory
1	hypernym	Types & categories	tell
1	hyponym	Types & categories	omen
1	hyponym	Types & categories	mark
2	derivation	Related & opposite	asking
2	verb group	Related & opposite	call for
2	hypernym	Types & categories	communicate
2	hyponym	Types & categories	order
2	hyponym	Types & categories	ask
2	hyponym	Types & categories	encore
2	hyponym	Types & categories	petition
2	hyponym	Types & categories	demand
2	hyponym	Types & categories	appeal
2	hyponym	Types & categories	supplicate
2	hyponym	Types & categories	apply
2	hyponym	Types & categories	solicit
2	hyponym	Types & categories	reserve
2	hyponym	Types & categories	challenge
2	hyponym	Types & categories	beg off
2	hyponym	Types & categories	demand
2	hyponym	Types & categories	claim
2	hyponym	Types & categories	call for
2	hyponym	Types & categories	ask in
2	hyponym	Types & categories	desire
2	hyponym	Types & categories	beg
2	hyponym	Types & categories	arrogate
2	hyponym	Types & categories	ask over
2	hyponym	Types & categories	call
2	hyponym	Types & categories	ask out
2	hyponym	Types & categories	book