gap
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
gap between income and outgo
Types & categories
- disparity hypernym
Sense 2 verb
make an opening or gap in
Types & categories
- open hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
an open or empty space in or between things
there was a small opening between the trees
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- Earth's surface part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
a narrow opening
he opened the window a crack
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- gap derivation
Sense 5 noun
a pass between mountain peaks
Types & categories
- mountain pass hypernym
- water gap hyponym
- wind gap hyponym
Sense 6 noun
a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
Types & categories
- dispute hypernym
- generation gap hyponym
Sense 7 noun
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
it was presented without commercial breaks
Types & categories
- holdup hypernym
- cut-in hyponym
- cut-in hyponym
- interposition hyponym
- breaking off hyponym
- heckling hyponym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | disparity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crack |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | breach |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | opening |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | open |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | gap |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | open |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | Earth's surface |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | space |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | diastema |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Ranvier's nodes |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | foramen |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | breach |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | chasm |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | crack |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mouth |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rift |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tear |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | window |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | gap |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | opening |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | lacuna |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | spark gap |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | mountain pass |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | water gap |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | wind gap |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | dispute |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | generation gap |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | interrupt |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | interrupt |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | holdup |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut-in |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut-in |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | interposition |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | breaking off |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | heckling |