category
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
there are two classes of detergents
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
Types & categories
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | class |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | categorize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | classify |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | categorial |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | categoric |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | superphylum |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | collection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grammatical category |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | substitution class |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | brass family |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | violin family |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | woodwind family |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stamp |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sex |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | declension |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conjugation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | denomination |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | histocompatibility complex |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | categorize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | categorial |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | categoric |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | conception |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sort |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pigeonhole |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rubric |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | way |