downfall
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- ruin derivation
Sense 2 noun
the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- ice crystal part meronym
Related & opposite
- precipitate derivation
Sense 3 noun
a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
the fall of the House of Hapsburg
Types & categories
- weakening hypernym
- anticlimax hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ruin |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | failure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | finish |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | precipitate |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | ice crystal |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | weather |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fine spray |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hail |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rain |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sleet |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | snow |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | virga |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | rise |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fall |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fall |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | weakening |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | anticlimax |