span
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 complete duration of something
the job was finished in the span of an hour
Types & categories
- duration hypernym
- attention span hyponym
Sense 2 verb
to cover or extend over an area or time period
Rivers traverse the valley floor
Types & categories
- cover hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the distance or interval between two points
Types & categories
- distance hypernym
Related & opposite
- span derivation
Sense 4 noun
two items of the same kind
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- fellow part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
Types & categories
- linear unit hypernym
Sense 6 noun
a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
Types & categories
- structure hypernym
- Bailey bridge hyponym
- cantilever bridge hyponym
- cattle guard hyponym
- covered bridge hyponym
- drawbridge hyponym
- footbridge hyponym
- flyover hyponym
- pontoon bridge hyponym
- rope bridge hyponym
- steel arch bridge hyponym
- suspension bridge hyponym
- toll bridge hyponym
- trestle bridge hyponym
- truss bridge hyponym
- viaduct hyponym
Parts & wholes
- transportation part holonym
- arch part meronym
- pier part meronym
- trestle part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
the act of sitting or standing astride
Types & categories
- movement hypernym
Parts & wholes
- call option part meronym
- put part meronym
Related & opposite
- straddle derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | duration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | attention span |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | span |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sweep |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cover |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | span |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | distance |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | couple |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | geminate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | geminate |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | fellow |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | two |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | doubleton |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | linear unit |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | bridge |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | bridge |
| 6 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | transportation |
| 6 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | arch |
| 6 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | pier |
| 6 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | trestle |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | structure |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | Bailey bridge |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | cantilever bridge |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | cattle guard |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | covered bridge |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | drawbridge |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | footbridge |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | flyover |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | pontoon bridge |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | rope bridge |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | steel arch bridge |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | suspension bridge |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | toll bridge |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | trestle bridge |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | truss bridge |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | viaduct |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | straddle |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | call option |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | put |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |