#class.aggregation__clas__family  a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents"
  supertype:  #aggregation__collection__accumulation__assemblage  several things grouped together
  member:  #superphylum
  subtype:  #class_Larvacea__Larvacea  small free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order
  subtype:  #class_Diplopoda__Diplopoda__Myriapoda__class_Myriapoda  arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes
  subtype:  #subclass_Malacostraca__Malacostraca  largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies
  subtype:  #grammatical_category__grammaticalcategory__syntactic_category__syntacticcategory  a category of words having the same grammatical properties
     subtype:  #grammatical_case__grammaticalcase__case  nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
        subtype:  #nominative_case__nominative__subject_case__subjectcase  the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb
        subtype:  #oblique_case__obliquecase__oblique  any grammatical case other than the nominative
           subtype:  #accusative_case__accusative__objective_case__objectivecase  the category of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
           subtype:  #dative_case__dative  the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb
           subtype:  #genitive_case__genitive__possessive_case  the case expressing ownership
           subtype:  #locative_case__locative  the case indicating where the action described by the verb occurred
           subtype:  #instrumental_case__instrumental  the case indicating the instrument used in performing the action of the verb
           subtype:  #vocative_case__vocative  the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed
           subtype:  #ablative_case__ablative  the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
     subtype:  #part_of_speech__form_class__word_class  one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context
        subtype:  #major_form_class  any of the parts of speech of traditional grammar
           subtype:  #noun.major_form_class  a word that can serve as the subject or object of a verb
           subtype:  #verb  a word that serves as the predicate of a sentence
              subtype:  #infinitive  the uninflected form of the verb
                 subtype:  #split_infinitive__splitinfinitive  an infinitive with an adverb between `to' and the verb (e.g., `to boldly go')
              subtype:  #participle  a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses
                 subtype:  #present_participle__presentparticiple  a participle expressing present action; in English is formed by adding -ing
                 subtype:  #past_participle__perfect_participle__perfectparticiple  a participle that expresses completed action
              subtype:  #transitive_verb_form__transitive_verb  a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object to be grammatical
                 subtype:  #doubly_transitive_verb_form__doubly_transitive_verb  a transitive verb that takes both a direct and an indirect object
              subtype:  #intransitive_verb_form__intransitive_verb  a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object
           subtype:  #adjective.major_form_class  the word class that qualifies nouns
           subtype:  #adverb  the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
     subtype:  #number.grammatical_category  (linguistics) the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural); "in English the subject and the verb must agree in number"
     subtype:  #grammatical_person__grammaticalperson  a grammatical category of pronouns and verb forms; "stop talking about yourself in the third person"
        subtype:  #first_person__firstperson  pronouns and verbs used to refer to the speaker or writer of the language in which they occur
        subtype:  #second_person  pronouns and verbs used to refer to the person addressed by the language in which they occur
        subtype:  #third_person__thirdperson  pronouns and verbs that are used to refer to something other than the speaker or addressee of the language in which they occur
     subtype:  #grammatical_gender__grammaticalgender__gender  a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
        subtype:  #feminine  a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
        subtype:  #masculine  a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
        subtype:  #neuter  a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)
     subtype:  #tense  a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
        subtype:  #present_tense__presenttense__present  a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking
           subtype:  #historical_present  the use of the present tense to describe past actions or states
        subtype:  #aorist  a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek; Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past) without indicating its completion or continuation
        subtype:  #past_tense__past  a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
           subtype:  #preterit__preterite  a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
        subtype:  #future_tense__future  a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
        subtype:  #progressive_tense__progressivetense__progressive__imperfect__imperfect_tense__imperfecttense__continuous_tense  a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
           subtype:  #present_progressive_tense__presentprogressivetense__present_progressive__presentprogressive  a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance
           subtype:  #past_progressive_tense__past_progressive  a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past; "`I had been running' is an example of the past progressive"
           subtype:  #future_progressive_tense__future_progressive  a progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future; "`I will be running' is an example of the future progressive"
        subtype:  #perfective_tense__perfective__perfect__perfect_tense__perfecttense  a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
           subtype:  #present_perfect_tense__presentperfecttense__present_perfect__presentperfect  a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present; "`I have finished' is an example of the present perfect"
           subtype:  #past_perfect_tense__past_perfect__pluperfect__pluferfect_tense  a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect"
           subtype:  #future_perfect_tense__future_perfect  a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future; "`I will have finished' is an example of the future perfect"
  subtype:  #substitution_class__paradigm  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)
  subtype:  #stamp  a type or class; "more men of his stamp are needed"
  subtype:  #sex  either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided; "the war between the sexes"
  subtype:  #declension  a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms: "the first declension in Latin"
  subtype:  #conjugation  a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms
  subtype:  #denomination.class  a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money: "he flashed a fistful of bills of large denominations"

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