dual
adjective
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 adjective
consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
an egg with a double yolk
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
a double (or dual) role for an actor
Related & opposite
- multiple similar to
Sense 3 adjective
a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural)
ancient Greek had the dual form but it has merged with the plural form in modern Greek
Related & opposite
- wave-particle duality derivation
- plural similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | duality |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | multiple |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | multiple |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | wave-particle duality |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | plural |