ruling
noun
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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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)
Types & categories
- judicial decision hypernym
- fatwa hyponym
- Bakke decision instance hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
exercising power or authority
Related & opposite
- powerful similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rule |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | judicial decision |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fatwa |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Bakke decision |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | powerful |