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In linguistics, a hyponym is a word or phrase whose semantic range is included within that of another word, its hypernym. For example, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, and crimson are all hyponyms of red (their hypernym), which is, in turn, a hyponym of colour. Computer science often terms this relationship an is-a relationship. For example, the phrase Red is a colour can be used to describe the... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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verbs and nouns.

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

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

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Hyponymy Hypernym/hyponym pairs can be found in text corpora by looking for certain syntactic patterns.

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    Hyponymy

    WordNet (a semantic lexicon for the English language, which puts words in semantic relations to each other, mainly by using the concepts hypernym and hyponym.)
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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 peach and oak; or ship for cruiser and steamer.
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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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    Taxonomy

    Hypernym
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    WordNet

    coordinate terms: Y is a coordinate term of X if X and Y share a hypernym (wolf is a coordinate term of dog, and dog is a coordinate term of wolf)
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    Synonym

    For example, vehicle is a hypernym of car, and car is a hyponym of vehicle.
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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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    Toki Pona

    hypernym
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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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