kickoff
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score
Types & categories
- place kick hypernym
- commencement hypernym
Related & opposite
- football domain topic
Sense 2 noun
the time at which something is supposed to begin
they got an early start
Types & categories
- point in time hypernym
- birth hyponym
- incipiency hyponym
- terminus a quo hyponym
- threshold hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a start given to contestants
I was there with my parents at the kickoff
Types & categories
- start hypernym
Related & opposite
- inaugurate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | football |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | place kick |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | commencement |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | middle |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | end |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | start |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | start |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | initiate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | embark on |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | take up |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inaugurate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | begin |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | point in time |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | birth |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | incipiency |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | terminus a quo |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | threshold |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inaugurate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | start |