hypernym in Chinese
hypernym in Chinese is 上位詞 — hypernym means a word whose meaning includes the meanings of more specific words, as "insect" does for "ant".
hypernym in Chinese
上位詞
Pronounced: shàng wèi cí
(semantics) A superordinate word or phrase; a term whose referents form a set which includes as a subset the referents of a subordinate term—as, for example, insect (being a hypernym) for ant.
What does "hypernym" mean?
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noun A word whose meaning includes the meanings of more specific words, as "insect" does for "ant".
""Vehicle" is a hypernym of "car" and "lorry"."
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hypernym in a sentence
- "Vehicle" is a hypernym of "car" and "lorry".
- In a thesaurus, a hypernym gives the wider category that a word belongs to.
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What is "hypernym" in Chinese?
"hypernym" in Chinese is 上位詞. hypernym means: A word whose meaning includes the meanings of more specific words, as "insect" does for "ant".
How do you pronounce 上位詞?
"hypernym" in Chinese is 上位詞, pronounced "shàng wèi cí".
How do you use "hypernym" in a sentence?
Example: ""Vehicle" is a hypernym of "car" and "lorry"." In Chinese, "hypernym" is 上位詞.
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