pyramid
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
Types & categories
- polyhedron hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts
Types & categories
- benefit hypernym
Related & opposite
- investment domain topic
Sense 3 noun
(stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases
Types & categories
- venture hypernym
Related & opposite
- stock exchange domain topic
Sense 4 verb
use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal
Types & categories
- sell hypernym
Related & opposite
- crime domain topic
Sense 5 verb
arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid
Types & categories
- arrange hypernym
Related & opposite
- Great Pyramid derivation
- pyramid derivation
Sense 6 verb
increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base
Types & categories
- increase hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pyramid |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pyramidal |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | polyhedron |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | investment |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | benefit |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | stock exchange |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | venture |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | crime |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | sell |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | Great Pyramid |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | pyramid |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | arrange |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | increase |