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)
legislation
,
statute law
(law enacted by a legislative body)
direct hyponym
/
full hyponym
domain category
domain term category
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(n)
civil law
(the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation)
S:
(n)
case law
,
precedent
,
common law
((civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions)
S:
(n)
legislation
,
statute law
(law enacted by a legislative body)
part holonym
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
legislation
,
legislating
,
lawmaking
(the act of making or enacting laws)