#word  a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
  supertype:  language_unit__linguistic_unit  one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
  part:  syllable  affix
  equal:  word (pm)
  subtype:  anagram  a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase
     subtype:  antigram  an anagram that means the opposite of the original word or phrase; "`restful' is the antigram of `fluster'"
  subtype:  anaphor  a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent
  subtype:  antonym__opposite_word__opposite  two words that express opposing concepts; "to him the opposite of gay was depressed"
     subtype:  direct_antonym  antonyms that are commonly associated (e.g., `wet' and `dry')
     subtype:  indirect_antonym  antonyms whose opposition is mediated (e.g., the antonymy of `wet' and `parched' is mediated by the similarity of `parched' to `dry')
  subtype:  back-formation  a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it
  subtype:  portmanteau_word__portmanteauword__blend__portmanteau  a word formed by joining two others (e.g., `smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog')
  subtype:  charade  a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades
  subtype:  cognate_word__cognateword__cognate  a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
  subtype:  content_word__contentword__open-class_word  a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned
     subtype:  headword.content_word__head_word  a word that is qualified by a modifier
     subtype:  noun  a word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing
        subtype:  mass_noun  a noun that does not form plurals
        subtype:  count_noun__countnoun  a noun that forms plurals
        subtype:  proper_noun__proper_name  a noun that denotes a particular thing; usually capitalized
        subtype:  common_noun  a noun that denotes any or all members of a class
           subtype:  verbal_noun__deverbal_noun  a noun that is derived from a verb
              subtype:  gerund  a noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun)
           subtype:  adnoun  an adjective used as a noun; "`meek' in `blessed are the meek' is an adnoun"
     subtype:  verb.content_word  a content word that denotes an action or a state
        subtype:  copula__copulative__linking_verb__linkingverb  an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence
     subtype:  modifier.content_word__qualifier  a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
        subtype:  intensifier__intensive  a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"
        subtype:  adjective  a word that expresses an attribute of something
           subtype:  descriptive_adjective__descriptiveadjective__qualifying_adjective  an adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., `a nervous person' or `a musical speaking voice')
           subtype:  relational_adjective__classifying_adjective__classifyingadjective  an adjective that classifies its noun (e.g., `a nervous disease' or `a musical instrument')
              subtype:  pertainym  (informal) meaning relating to or pertaining to
           subtype:  comparative  the comparative form of an adjective; "`better' is the comparative of `good'"
           subtype:  superlative.adjective  the superlative form of an adjective; "`best' is the superlative form of `good'"
        subtype:  adverb.modifier  a word that modifies something other than a noun
           subtype:  adverbial  a word or group of words function as an adverb
        subtype:  dangling_modifier__misplaced_modifier__misplacedmodifier  a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us'
           subtype:  dangling_participle  a participle (usually at the beginning of a sentence) apparently modifying a word other than the word intended: e.g., `flying across the country' in `flying across the country the Rockies came into view'
  subtype:  contraction  a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds: "won't" from "will not"; "o'clock" from "of the clock"
  subtype:  deictic_word__deicticword__deictic  a word specifying identity or spacial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs: "words that introduce particulars of the speaker's and hearer's shared cognitive field into the message"- R.Rommetveit
  subtype:  derivative  (linguistics) a word that is derived from another word; "`electricity' is a derivative of `electric'"
  subtype:  diminutive  a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness
  subtype:  disyllable__dissyllable  a word having two syllables
  subtype:  word_form__form__signifier  the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached"
     subtype:  plural_form__plural  the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
     subtype:  singular_form__singular  the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton
     subtype:  ghost_word__ghostword  a word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error
     subtype:  root_word__root__base__stem__theme__radical  (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
     subtype:  etymon__root  a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
     subtype:  citation_form__main_entry_word__entry_word__entryword  the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary
     subtype:  abbreviation.word_form  a shortened form of a word or phrase
        subtype:  apocope  abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds; "the British get `pud' from `pudding' by apocope"
     subtype:  acronym  a word formed from the initial letters of a multi-word name
  subtype:  four-letter_word__four-letter_Anglo-Saxon_word  any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive
  subtype:  function_word__closed-class_word  a word that serves a grammatical function but has no identifiable meaning
     subtype:  determiner__determinative  one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
        subtype:  article.determiner  (Grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase
           subtype:  definite_article  a determiner (as `the' in English) that indicates specificity of reference
           subtype:  indefinite_article  a determiner (as `a' or `some' in English) that indicates non-specificity of reference
     subtype:  preposition  a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
     subtype:  pronoun  a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
        subtype:  anaphoric_pronoun__anaphoricpronoun  a pronoun that refers to an antecedent
        subtype:  demonstrative_pronoun__demonstrative  a pronoun that points out an intended referent
        subtype:  personal_pronoun  a pronoun expressing a distinction of person
           subtype:  reflexive_pronoun__reflexivepronoun__reflexive  a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects itself
        subtype:  relative_pronoun  a pronoun (as `that' or `which' or `who') that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent
     subtype:  conjunctive__conjunction__connective  an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
        subtype:  coordinating_conjunction  a conjunction (like `and' or `or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituents
        subtype:  subordinate_conjunction__subordinateconjunction__subordinating_conjunction__subordinatingconjunction  a conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause
     subtype:  particle.function_word  a function word having different uses in different languages
  subtype:  head_word__head  (linguistics) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
  subtype:  headword  a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry)
  subtype:  heteronym  two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation (e.g. `bow')
  subtype:  holonym__wholename  a word that names the whole of which a given word is a part; "`hat' is a holonym for `brim' and `crown'"
  subtype:  homonym  two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings
     subtype:  homograph  two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair)
     subtype:  homophone  two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
  subtype:  hypernym__superordinate__superordinate_word__superordinateword  a word that is more generic than a given word
  subtype:  hyponym__subordinate_word__subordinateword  a word that is more specific than a given word
  subtype:  key_word__keyword  a significant word used in indexing or cataloging
  subtype:  loanblend__hybrid  a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)
  subtype:  loanword__loan  a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
     subtype:  Gallicism  a word or phrase borrowed from French
  subtype:  meronym__part_name  a word that names a part of a larger whole; "`brim' and `crown' are meronyms of `hat'"
  subtype:  metonym  a word that is used metonymically; a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing
  subtype:  monosyllable__monosyllabic_word  a word or utterance of one syllable
  subtype:  neology__neologism__coinage  a newly invented word or phrase
  subtype:  nonce_word__nonceword__hapax_legomenon__hapaxlegomenon  a word with a special meaning used for a special occasion
  subtype:  oxytone  word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable
  subtype:  palindrome  a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward
  subtype:  primitive  a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms; "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
  subtype:  paroxytone  word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable
  subtype:  partitive  word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole
  subtype:  polysemant__polysemantic_word__polysemous_word  a word having more than one meaning
  subtype:  polysyllable__polysyllabic_word  a word of more than three syllables
     subtype:  jawbreaker  a word that is hard to pronounce
     subtype:  sesquipedalian__sesquipedalia  a very long word (a foot and a half long)
  subtype:  proparoxytone  word having stress or acute accent on the antepenult
  subtype:  quantifier  (grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as `fifteen' or `many')
     subtype:  universal_quantifier__universalquantifier  a logical quantifier of a proposition that asserts that the proposition is true for all members of a class of things
  subtype:  logical_quantifier__logicalquantifier__quantifier  (logic) a word (such as `some' or `all` or `no') that binds the variables in a logical proposition
     subtype:  existential_quantifier__existentialquantifier__existential_operator__existentialoperator  a logical quantifier of a proposition that asserts the existence of at least one thing for which the proposition is true
  subtype:  substantive  a noun or a pronoun that is used in place of a noun
     subtype:  noun  a word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing
  subtype:  syncategorem  (logic) a term that cannot be used meaningfully in isolation
  subtype:  synonym__equivalent_word  two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
  subtype:  term  a word or expression used for some particular thing; "he learned many medical terms"
     subtype:  referent.term  something that refers; a term that refers to another term
  subtype:  terminology__nomenclature__language  a system of words used in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "the language of sociology"
     subtype:  markup_language  a set of symbols and rules for their use when doing a markup of a document
        subtype:  standard_generalized_markup_language__SGML  (computer science) a standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents; a set of rules for using whatever markup vocabulary is adopted
        subtype:  HTML__hypertext_markup_language  a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents
        subtype:  XML  the language for describing XML-based languages; see http://www.w3.org/XML
        subtype:  XML_based_language__XML_based_notation  any notation following an XML schema; see http://www.w3.org/
           subtype:  XHTML  description in http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/
           subtype:  SVG  Scalable Vector Graphics; description in http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/
           subtype:  RDF/XML  XML notation for the RDF model
              instance:  RDF_syntax_of_22-02-1999
           subtype:  PNML  the PNML language
              subtype:  EPNML
              subtype:  PNK
  subtype:  trisyllable  a word having three syllables
  subtype:  troponym__manner_name  a word that denotes a manner of doing something; "`march' is a troponym of `walk'"
  subtype:  vocable__spokenword  a word that is spoken aloud
  subtype:  classifier.word  a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class in which an item belongs
  subtype:  written_word__writtenword  the written form of a word
     subtype:  bigram  a word that is written with two letters in an alphabetic writing system
     subtype:  trigram  a word that is written with three letters in an alphabetic writing system
     subtype:  tetragram  a word that is written with four letters in an alphabetic writing system
        instance:  Tetragrammaton

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