red herring
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
Types & categories
- digression hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color
Types & categories
- herring hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus
because some portions of the cover page are printed in red ink a preliminary prospectus is sometimes called a red herring
Types & categories
- course catalog hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | digression |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | herring |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | course catalog |