earmark
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
identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal
Types & categories
- marking hypernym
Sense 2 verb
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
I will earmark this money for your research
Types & categories
- portion hypernym
Related & opposite
- hallmark derivation
- allowance derivation
- stockpile derivation
- appropriable derivation
Sense 3 noun
a distinctive characteristic or attribute
Types & categories
- characteristic hypernym
- mould hyponym
Related & opposite
- earmark derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | marking |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hallmark |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | allowance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stockpile |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | appropriable |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | portion |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | earmark |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | characteristic |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mould |