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Word: superordinate (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Greater in degree, rank or position
  • of a word or phrase hypernymic
  • logic The relation of a universal proposition to a specific proposition of the same form with the universal quantified variable replaced by a specific instance.

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Noun:

  • That which is superordinate.
  • linguistics A hypernym.

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Verb:

  • transitive To cause to be superordinate.

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