nation
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
a politically organized body of people under a single government
the state has elected a new president
Types & categories
- political unit hypernym
- commonwealth country hyponym
- developing country hyponym
- Dominion hyponym
- foreign country hyponym
- Reich hyponym
- rogue state hyponym
- suzerain hyponym
- sea power hyponym
- world power hyponym
- city state hyponym
- ally hyponym
- Eelam instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
- estate of the realm part meronym
Sense 2 noun
the people who live in a nation or country
a statement that sums up the nation's mood
Types & categories
- people hypernym
- Dutch hyponym
- British hyponym
- English people hyponym
- Irish hyponym
- French people hyponym
- Spanish people hyponym
- Swiss hyponym
Parts & wholes
- national member meronym
Sense 3 noun
a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
the Shawnee nation
Types & categories
- confederation hypernym
- federation of tribes hyponym
Related & opposite
- United States domain region
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | estate of the realm |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | political unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | commonwealth country |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | developing country |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Dominion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | foreign country |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Reich |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rogue state |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | suzerain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sea power |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | world power |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | city state |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ally |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Eelam |
| 2 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | national |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | people |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Dutch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | British |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | English people |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Irish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | French people |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Spanish people |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Swiss |
| 3 | domain region | Related & opposite | United States |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | confederation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | federation of tribes |