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meronym

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meronym [ˈmɛrəʊˌnɪm]
n
(Linguistics) a part of something used to refer to the whole, such as faces meaning people, as in they've seen a lot of faces come and go
[from Greek meros part + onuma name]
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Noun1.meronym - a word that names a part of a larger wholemeronym - a word that names a part of a larger whole; "`brim' and `crown' are meronyms of `hat'"
part name
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"
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Synsets are linked to each other by different relations such as synonyms, hypernyms and meronyms.
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Veronese's personified Venice is an allegorical figure, the scepter she holds a meronym for her sovereignty and authority, just as the lion is a metonym for St.
Myths of Venice: The Figuration of a State by Dempsey, Charles / Renaissance Quarterly
Various concepts are explained simply: synonyms (words similar in meaning), hyponyms (words that are members of the same class), meronyms (words with part-whole relationships), lexical co-occurrence (words that are related by virtue of the fact that they occur in the same real-life situations and the texts that describe them), repetition and use of pronouns for reference.
Using functional grammar to teach academic literacy skills to adults ... by Stuart-Smith, Virginia / Australian Journal of Language and Literacy
 
 
 
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