county
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
(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
the county has a population of 12,345 people
Types & categories
- region hypernym
- Isle of Wight hyponym
- Home Counties instance hyponym
- Avon instance hyponym
- Berkshire instance hyponym
- Cornwall instance hyponym
- Cumbria instance hyponym
- Devon instance hyponym
- Essex instance hyponym
- Gloucestershire instance hyponym
- Hampshire instance hyponym
- Hertfordshire instance hyponym
- Kent instance hyponym
- Somerset instance hyponym
- East Sussex instance hyponym
- West Sussex instance hyponym
- Leicester instance hyponym
- Lincolnshire instance hyponym
- Northumberland instance hyponym
- Surrey instance hyponym
- North Yorkshire instance hyponym
- West Yorkshire instance hyponym
- South Yorkshire instance hyponym
- Northamptonshire instance hyponym
- Sussex instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
- county seat part meronym
Related & opposite
- Great Britain domain region
Sense 2 noun
(United States) the largest administrative district within a state
the county plans to build a new road
Types & categories
- administrative district hypernym
Related & opposite
- United States domain region
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain region | Related & opposite | Great Britain |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | county seat |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | region |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Isle of Wight |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Home Counties |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Avon |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Berkshire |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cornwall |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cumbria |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Devon |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Essex |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gloucestershire |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Hampshire |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Hertfordshire |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Kent |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Somerset |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | East Sussex |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | West Sussex |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Leicester |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Lincolnshire |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Northumberland |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Surrey |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | North Yorkshire |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | West Yorkshire |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | South Yorkshire |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Northamptonshire |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sussex |
| 2 | domain region | Related & opposite | United States |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | administrative district |