patrol
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a detachment used for security or reconnaissance
Types & categories
- detachment hypernym
Related & opposite
- patrol derivation
Sense 2 verb
maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol
Types & categories
- guard hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes
Types & categories
- protection hypernym
- airborne patrol hyponym
- round-the-clock patrol hyponym
Related & opposite
- patrol derivation
Sense 4 noun
a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security
Types & categories
- personnel hypernym
- border patrol hyponym
- harbor patrol hyponym
Parts & wholes
- patroller member meronym
Related & opposite
- patrol derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | patrol |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | detachment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | patrol |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | police |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | patrol |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | patrol |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | patroller |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | guard |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | patrol |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | protection |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | airborne patrol |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | round-the-clock patrol |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | patrol |
| 4 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | patroller |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | personnel |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | border patrol |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | harbor patrol |