hypernym in Japanese
hypernym in Japanese is 上位語 — hypernym means a word whose meaning includes the meanings of more specific words, as "insect" does for "ant".
hypernym in Japanese
上位語
Pronounced: jōigo
(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 Japanese?
"hypernym" in Japanese is 上位語. hypernym means: A word whose meaning includes the meanings of more specific words, as "insect" does for "ant".
How do you pronounce 上位語?
"hypernym" in Japanese is 上位語, pronounced "jōigo".
How do you use "hypernym" in a sentence?
Example: ""Vehicle" is a hypernym of "car" and "lorry"." In Japanese, "hypernym" is 上位語.
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