relay
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of passing something along from one person or group to another
the relay was successful
Types & categories
- handing over hypernym
Related & opposite
- relay derivation
Sense 2 verb
pass along
Please relay the news to the villagers
Types & categories
- communicate hypernym
Related & opposite
- relay derivation
Sense 3 noun
a crew of workers who relieve another crew
Types & categories
- shift hypernym
Sense 4 verb
control or operate by relay
Types & categories
- control hypernym
Related & opposite
- electrical relay derivation
Sense 5 noun
a fresh team to relieve weary draft animals
Types & categories
- team hypernym
Sense 6 noun
a race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance
Types & categories
- race hypernym
- torch race hyponym
Sense 7 noun
electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit
Types & categories
- electrical device hypernym
Parts & wholes
- circuit part holonym
- electromagnet part meronym
Related & opposite
- relay derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | relay |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | handing over |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | relay |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | communicate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | shift |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | electrical relay |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | control |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | team |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | race |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | torch race |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | relay |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | circuit |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | electromagnet |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | electrical device |