chord
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a straight line connecting two points on a curve
Types & categories
- straight line hypernym
Sense 2 verb
play chords on (a string instrument)
Types & categories
- play hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
Types & categories
- musical note hypernym
- arpeggio hyponym
- sforzando hyponym
- common chord hyponym
- seventh chord hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- harmonization derivation
- chord derivation
- harmonization derivation
- music domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | straight line |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chord |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | play |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | chord |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | chord |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | chordal |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | musical note |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | arpeggio |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sforzando |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | common chord |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | seventh chord |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | harmonization |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | chord |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | harmonization |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | key |