prepossess
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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- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
possess beforehand
Types & categories
- own hypernym
Sense 2 verb
cause to be preoccupied
The idea of his failure prepossesses him
Types & categories
- preoccupy hypernym
Sense 3 verb
make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand
A prepossessing appearance
Types & categories
- impress hypernym
Sense 4 verb
influence (somebody's) opinion in advance
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- preconception derivation
- bias derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | own |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | preoccupy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | impress |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | preconception |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bias |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | influence |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bias |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bias |