bestow
verb
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
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
present
The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
give as a gift
Types & categories
- give hypernym
Related & opposite
- bestowment derivation
Sense 3 verb
bestow a quality on
Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- addition derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bestowal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conferee |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | award |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | miter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bless |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | graduate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bestowment |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | give |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | addition |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | factor |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | transfuse |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tinsel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | throw in |