pray
verb
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 verb
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
pray to the Lord
Types & categories
- commune hypernym
Related & opposite
- prayer derivation
- prayer derivation
- orison derivation
- supplicant derivation
Sense 2 verb
call upon in supplication; entreat
I beg you to stop!
Types & categories
- plead hypernym
- crave hyponym
- supplicate hyponym
- importune hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prayer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prayer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | orison |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | supplicant |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | commune |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | beg off |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | beggary |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | plead |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | crave |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | supplicate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | importune |