WordNet Search - 3.1
-
WordNet home page
-
Glossary
-
Help
Word to search for:
Display Options:
(Select option to change)
Hide Example Sentences
Hide Glosses
Show Frequency Counts
Show Database Locations
Show Lexical File Info
Show Lexical File Numbers
Show Sense Keys
Show Sense Numbers
Show all
Hide all
Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S:
(n)
contest
,
competition
(an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants)
direct hyponym
/
full hyponym
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(n)
social event
(an event characteristic of persons forming groups)
S:
(n)
show
(a social event involving a public performance or entertainment)
"they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway"
S:
(n)
affair
,
occasion
,
social occasion
,
function
,
social function
(a vaguely specified social event)
"the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"
S:
(n)
sellout
(an event for which all tickets are sold)
"get your tickets for the concert early, it is sure to be a sellout"
S:
(n)
contest
,
competition
(an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants)
S:
(n)
contest
(a struggle between rivals)
Verb
S:
(v)
contest
,
contend
,
repugn
(to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation)
"They contested the outcome of the race"
direct troponym
/
full troponym
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(v)
oppose
(be against; express opposition to)
"We oppose the ban on abortion"
S:
(v)
contest
,
contend
,
repugn
(to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation)
"They contested the outcome of the race"
derivationally related form
sentence frame