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1. a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | concept, conception, construct, |
| definition | : | an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | form, kind, sort, variety, |
| definition | : | a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | pigeonhole, |
| definition | : | a specific (often simplistic) category (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | rubric, |
| definition | : | category name (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | way, |
| definition | : | a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of' (noun.cognition) |
2. a collection of things sharing a common attribute (noun.group)
| hyponym | : | paradigm, substitution class, |
| definition | : | the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | brass family, |
| definition | : | (music) the family of brass instruments (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | violin family, |
| definition | : | (music) the family of bowed stringed instruments (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | woodwind family, |
| definition | : | (music) the family of woodwind instruments (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | stamp, |
| definition | : | a type or class (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | sex, |
| definition | : | either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | declension, |
| definition | : | a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | conjugation, |
| definition | : | a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | denomination, |
| definition | : | a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | histocompatibility complex, |
| definition | : | a family of fifty or more genes on the sixth human chromosome that code for proteins on the surfaces of cells and that play a role in the immune response (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | superphylum, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and below a class or subclass (noun.group) |
3. a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | categorial, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the concept of categories (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | categoric, categorical, |
| definition | : | relating to or included in a category or categories (adj.pert) |
4. a collection of things sharing a common attribute (noun.group)
| derivation | : | classify, relegate, |
| definition | : | assign to a class or kind (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | categorial, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the concept of categories (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | categoric, categorical, |
| definition | : | relating to or included in a category or categories (adj.pert) |
5. a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | categorial, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the concept of categories (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | categoric, categorical, |
| definition | : | relating to or included in a category or categories (adj.pert) |
6. a collection of things sharing a common attribute (noun.group)
| derivation | : | classify, relegate, |
| definition | : | assign to a class or kind (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | categorial, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the concept of categories (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | categoric, categorical, |
| definition | : | relating to or included in a category or categories (adj.pert) |
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