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hyponymies

hyponymies is the plural of hyponymy.

Meaning of hyponymy

Noun

hyponymy (countable and uncountable, plural hyponymies)

  1. The semantic relation between hyponyms; the quality of being hyponymous.
    • By isolating these two main types of relation, hyponymy and incompatibility, we can characterize the relations between a large web of items.1977, Ruth Kempson, Semantic Theory, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 86

Questions about hyponymies

What is hyponymies the plural of?
Hyponymies is the plural of hyponymy.

Words near hyponymies in the dictionary

  1. hyponychial
  2. hyponychium
  3. hyponym
  4. hyponymic
  5. hyponymically
  6. hyponymies
  7. hyponymous
  8. hyponymously
  9. hyponyms
  10. hyponymy
  11. hypooestrogenaemia

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