ration
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel)
the rations should be nutritionally balanced
Types & categories
- fare hypernym
- field ration hyponym
Related & opposite
- ration out derivation
- ration derivation
Sense 2 verb
restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war
Bread was rationed during the siege of the city
Types & categories
- limit hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity)
Types & categories
- share hypernym
Related & opposite
- ration out derivation
- ration derivation
Sense 4 verb
distribute in rations, as in the army
Cigarettes are rationed
Types & categories
- allocate hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ration out |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ration |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fare |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | field ration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rationing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ration |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | limit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ration out |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ration |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | share |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ration |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ration |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | allocate |