beta
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
Types & categories
- letter of the alphabet hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Greek alphabet member holonym
Sense 2 adjective
second in order of importance
the candidate, considered a beta male, was perceived to be unable to lead his party to victory
Related & opposite
- important similar to
Sense 3 adjective
preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product
a beta version
Related & opposite
- exploratory similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Greek alphabet |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | letter of the alphabet |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | important |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | exploratory |