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Opposite

In lexical semantics, opposites are words lying in an inherently incompatible binary relationship. For example, something that is even entails that it is not odd. It is referred to as a 'binary' relationship because there are two members in a set of opposites. The relationship between opposites is known as opposition. A member of a pair of opposites can…

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ScaleAccidental gapLexiconUnpaired wordsEntailment
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Opposite

Nodes23
Edges22
Triples132
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.086957
Components1

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related to Bibliography · 107
Opposite → Aarts, Adrienne, Alan, An, Antonymy, Arthur, Aspects, Bas, Berlin, Blackwell, Blackwell Publishing, Bloomsbury Academic, Bousfield, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Chalker, Clarendon Press, Continuum, Corpus-based, Cruse
related to General discussion · 10
Opposite → An, Conversely, For, In, Opposites, Opposition, Some, Such, Webster's, Words
related to Complementary antonyms · 5
Opposite → Aarts, Chalker, Other, There, Weiner
related to Relational antonyms · 3
Opposite → Other, There, This
related to Types of antonyms · 3
Opposite → An, Each, There
related to Gradable antonyms · 2
Opposite → Other, Temperature
related to Auto-antonyms · 1
Opposite → An
see also · 1
Opposite → Semantic

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antonyms opposites relationship meanings words word antonymy one pairs press pair antonym gradable cruse university lexical semantics opposition two continuous

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Oppositerelated to Auto-antonymsAn0.60section
Oppositerelated to BibliographyLock-green0.60section
Oppositerelated to BibliographyLock-gray-alt-20.60section
Oppositerelated to BibliographyLock-red-alt-20.60section
Oppositerelated to BibliographyWikisource-logo0.60section
Oppositerelated to BibliographyAarts0.60section
Oppositerelated to BibliographyBas0.60section
Oppositerelated to BibliographyChalker0.60section
Oppositerelated to BibliographySylvia0.60section
Oppositerelated to BibliographyWeiner0.60section
Oppositerelated to BibliographyEdmund0.60section
Oppositerelated to BibliographyThe Oxford Dictionary0.60section

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