police
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 force of policemen and officers
the law came looking for him
Types & categories
- personnel hypernym
- law enforcement agency hypernym
- Europol hyponym
- gendarmerie hyponym
- Mutawa'een hyponym
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police hyponym
- Scotland Yard hyponym
- secret police hyponym
- Schutzstaffel hyponym
- posse hyponym
Parts & wholes
- policeman member meronym
Related & opposite
- patrol derivation
Sense 2 verb
maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol
Types & categories
- guard hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | patrol |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | policeman |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | personnel |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | law enforcement agency |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Europol |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gendarmerie |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Mutawa'een |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Scotland Yard |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | secret police |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Schutzstaffel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | posse |
| 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 |