incursion
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
the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)
the incursion of television into the American living room
Types & categories
- incoming hypernym
Sense 2 noun
an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
Types & categories
- attack hypernym
- interpenetration hyponym
- breakthrough hyponym
- invasion hyponym
- infiltration hyponym
- raid hyponym
Sense 3 noun
the mistake of incurring liability or blame
Types & categories
- mistake hypernym
Related & opposite
- incur derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | incoming |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | attack |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | interpenetration |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | breakthrough |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | invasion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | infiltration |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | raid |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | incur |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | mistake |