observance
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of observing; taking a patient look
Types & categories
- looking hypernym
- monitoring hyponym
- sighting hyponym
- stargazing hyponym
Related & opposite
- keep derivation
- take note derivation
- look on derivation
- observe derivation
- watch over derivation
Sense 2 noun
a formal event performed on a special occasion
a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor
Types & categories
- social occasion hypernym
- circumstance hyponym
- funeral hyponym
- wedding hyponym
- pageantry hyponym
- dedication hyponym
- opening hyponym
- commemoration hyponym
- military ceremony hyponym
- induction hyponym
- exercise hyponym
- fire walking hyponym
- formality hyponym
- Maundy hyponym
- potlatch hyponym
Related & opposite
- celebrate derivation
- ceremonial derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of noticing or paying attention
he escaped the notice of the police
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- keep derivation
- note derivation
- acknowledge derivation
- note derivation
- take note derivation
- notice derivation
- observe derivation
- watch over derivation
- observant derivation
Sense 4 noun
conformity with law or custom or practice etc.
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- nonobservance antonym
- respect derivation
- keep derivation
- law-abiding derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | keep |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | take note |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | look on |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | observe |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | watch over |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | looking |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | monitoring |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sighting |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stargazing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | celebrate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ceremonial |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | social occasion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | circumstance |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | funeral |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wedding |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pageantry |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dedication |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | opening |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | commemoration |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | military ceremony |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | induction |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | exercise |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fire walking |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | formality |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Maundy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | potlatch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | keep |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | note |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | acknowledge |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | note |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | take note |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | notice |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | observe |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | watch over |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | observant |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | attention |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mind |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | remark |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | nonobservance |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | respect |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | keep |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | law-abiding |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | abidance |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | punctilio |