Dewey
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 States librarian who founded the decimal system of classification (1851-1931)
Types & categories
- librarian instance hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War
Types & categories
- naval officer instance hypernym
Sense 3 noun
United States pragmatic philosopher who advocated progressive education (1859-1952)
Types & categories
- educator instance hypernym
- philosopher instance hypernym
Related & opposite
- Deweyan derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | librarian |
| 2 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | naval officer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | Deweyan |
| 3 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | educator |
| 3 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | philosopher |