plurality
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
the state of being plural
to mark plurality, one language may add an extra syllable to the word whereas another may simply change the vowel in the existing final syllable
Types & categories
- state hypernym
Related & opposite
- plural derivation
Sense 2 noun
a large indefinite number
a battalion of ants
Types & categories
- large indefinite quantity hypernym
Related & opposite
- myriad derivation
Sense 3 noun
(in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes)
Types & categories
- relative quantity hypernym
Related & opposite
- election domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | plural |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | state |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | myriad |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | large indefinite quantity |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | election |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | relative quantity |