superordinate

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superordinate

adjective more superordinate · most superordinate

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

Similar: supraordinate: · Opposite: subordinate, hyponymic

noun superordinates

  1. That which is superordinate.
  2. Synonym of hypernym. Seventy-two subjects attempted to recall the object nouns of seven once-exposed sentences given as retrieval cues the subject noun of each sentence and four other words related to the subject noun. The related cues were a remote superordinate, a close superordinate, a remote cohyponym, and a close c

    Similar: hypernym

verb superordinates · superordinating · superordinated

  1. transitive To cause to be superordinate.

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adjective

Similar: supraordinate: · Opposite: subordinate, hyponymic

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adj greater in degree, rank or position

Españolsuperordinado
한국어상위의 sang'wiui, 상의의 linguistics sang'uiui
Françaissuperordonné
Deutschübergeordnet

noun that which is superordinate

Españolsuperordinado
한국어상위 1., 상의어 2., 상위어 sang'wieo

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@misc{superordinate_2026,
  title = {superordinate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/superordinate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}