lottery
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
something that is regarded as a chance event
the election was just a lottery to them
Types & categories
- fortuity hypernym
Sense 2 noun
players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
Types & categories
- game of chance hypernym
- tombola hyponym
- lucky dip hyponym
- numbers pool hyponym
- raffle hyponym
- sweepstakes hyponym
Related & opposite
- cast derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fortuity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cast |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | game of chance |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tombola |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lucky dip |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | numbers pool |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | raffle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sweepstakes |