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In linguistics, a hyponym is a word or phrase whose semantic range is included within that of another word. For example, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, and crimson are all hyponyms of red (their hypernym), which is, in turn, a hyponym of colour. According to Fromkin and Rodman, hyponyms are a set of related words whose meaning are specific instances of a more general word (so, for example, red, white,... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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Hypernym defined hierarchies

WordNet Both nouns and verbs are organized into hierarchies, defined by hypernym or IS A relationships.

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Hypernym denoted word

Hyponymy The term Hypernym denotes a word, usually somewhat vague and broad in meaning, that other more specific words fall under or are fairly encompassed by.

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    Hyponymy

    For example, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, and crimson are all hyponyms of red (their hypernym), which is, in turn, a hyponym of colour.
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    hypernym: the verb Y is a hypernym of the verb X if the activity X is a (kind of) Y (travel is an hypernym of movement)
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    Generalization

    A hypernym as a generic stands for a class or group of equally-ranked items, such as tree does for beech and oak; or ship for cruiser and steamer.
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    Complementary currency

    Complementary community currency (CCC) is a hypernym (superordinate) of local currency (also referred to as community currency) and sectoral currency.
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    Taxonomy

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    Colon (punctuation)

    Hypernym of a word: a word having a wider meaning than the given one; e.g., vehicle is a hypernym of car
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    Local currency

    Complementary currency is a hypernym to local currency, but the terms are often used as synonyms.
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    -onym

    hyperonym or hypernym: a generic word that stands for a class or group of equally-ranked items, such as "tree" for "beech" or "elm," or "house" for "chalet" or "bungalow."
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    Umbrella term

    An umbrella term is a word that provides a superset or grouping of related concepts, also called a hypernym.

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