manipulation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
his manipulation of his friends was scandalous
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- keep in line derivation
- manipulate derivation
- use derivation
Sense 2 noun
the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- manipulate derivation
- palm derivation
- manipulate derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | keep in line |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | manipulate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | use |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | influence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mind game |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | manipulate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | palm |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | manipulate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | touching |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fielding |