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hyponymy

hyponymy noun: the semantic relation between hyponyms; the quality of being hyponymous.

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

hyponymy meaning in Tamil

hyponymy in Tamil

உயர் உள்ளீடு

Antonyms of hyponymy

Forms of hyponymy

pluralhyponymies

Origin of hyponymy

From hypo- + -nymy or hyponym + -y.

Words formed from hyponymy

Questions about hyponymy

What does hyponymy mean?
Hyponymy means the semantic relation between hyponyms; the quality of being hyponymous.
What is hyponymy in Tamil?
Hyponymy in Tamil is உயர் உள்ளீடு. See Hyponymy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hyponymy?
Hyponymy is a noun.
What is the plural of hyponymy?
The plural of hyponymy is hyponymies.

Words near hyponymy in the dictionary

  1. hyponymically
  2. hyponymies
  3. hyponymous
  4. hyponymously
  5. hyponyms
  6. hyponymy
  7. hypooestrogenaemia
  8. hypoorder
  9. hypoorders
  10. hypoornithinemia
  11. hypoosmolalities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hyponymy (page history and authors); hyponymy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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