say-so
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
one chap's arbitrary assertion
Types & categories
- affirmation hypernym
Sense 2 noun
an authoritative declaration
Types & categories
- declaration hypernym
- directive hyponym
Related & opposite
- pronounce derivation
Sense 3 noun
the power or right to give orders or make decisions
he has the authority to issue warrants
Types & categories
- control hypernym
- power of appointment hyponym
- carte blanche hyponym
- command hyponym
- imperium hyponym
- lordship hyponym
- muscle hyponym
- sovereignty hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | affirmation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pronounce |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | declaration |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | directive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | master |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | potent |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | control |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | power of appointment |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | carte blanche |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | command |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | imperium |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lordship |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | muscle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sovereignty |