contextual definition
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
a definition in which the term is used by embedding it in a larger expression containing its explanation
a contextual definition of `legal duty' might be `X has a legal duty to do Y means that X is required to do Y by a contract relationship that would be upheld in a court of law'
Types & categories
- definition hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | definition |