Definition of meronym in English:

meronym

noun ˈmɛrənɪmˈmerəˌnim

Linguistics

A term which denotes part of something but which is used to refer to the whole of it, e.g. faces when used to mean people in I see several familiar faces present.
〔语言学〕借喻（如I see several familiar faces present中的faces表示“人”）
Example sentencesExamples
- This time we will add meronyms to describe the ingredients of my favorite cookie, and add a hypernym for ‘dessert’.
- A finger is a part of a hand, thus hand is the holonym of finger; and finger is a meronym of hand.
- Meronyms tend to occur most frequently in connection with words denoting physical objects.
- The relation is inversible: if A is a meronym of B, then B is holonym of A.
- Meronyms - words that name a part of what your keyword or keyphrases signify (e.g. ‘brim’ and ‘crown’ are meronyms of ‘hat’)

Derivatives

meronymy

noun məˈrɒnəmi

Linguistics

The paper does reveal a proper analysis of meronymy, once one penetrates the formalism and the notation.
Example sentencesExamples
- The only type of meronymy recognized in GermaNet is the ‘is a component of’ relation, which is also the default value of WordNet's meronymy relation.
- Extraction of other relations, such as meronymy, has been less studied, and where it has been studied, several shortcomings are apparent.
- The table contains the attempt to classify the meronymy relation by using quantificational tags.
- The choice is yours: you can either continue to treat hyponymy and meronymy as being generally connected to synonymy, or follow the newer configuration in the third edition of the book.

Origin

From Greek meros 'part' + onuma 'name'.

Definition of meronym in US English:

meronym

nounˈmerəˌnim

Linguistics

A term which denotes part of something but which is used to refer to the whole of it, e.g. faces when used to mean people in I see several familiar faces present.
〔语言学〕借喻（如I see several familiar faces present中的faces表示“人”）
Example sentencesExamples
- This time we will add meronyms to describe the ingredients of my favorite cookie, and add a hypernym for ‘dessert’.
- Meronyms - words that name a part of what your keyword or keyphrases signify (e.g. ‘brim’ and ‘crown’ are meronyms of ‘hat’)
- A finger is a part of a hand, thus hand is the holonym of finger; and finger is a meronym of hand.
- Meronyms tend to occur most frequently in connection with words denoting physical objects.
- The relation is inversible: if A is a meronym of B, then B is holonym of A.

Origin

From Greek meros ‘part’ + onuma ‘name’.

单词	meronym
释义	Definition of meronym in English: meronym noun ˈmɛrənɪmˈmerəˌnim Linguistics A term which denotes part of something but which is used to refer to the whole of it, e.g. faces when used to mean people in I see several familiar faces present. 〔语言学〕借喻（如I see several familiar faces present中的faces表示“人”） Example sentencesExamples This time we will add meronyms to describe the ingredients of my favorite cookie, and add a hypernym for ‘dessert’. A finger is a part of a hand, thus hand is the holonym of finger; and finger is a meronym of hand. Meronyms tend to occur most frequently in connection with words denoting physical objects. The relation is inversible: if A is a meronym of B, then B is holonym of A. Meronyms - words that name a part of what your keyword or keyphrases signify (e.g. ‘brim’ and ‘crown’ are meronyms of ‘hat’) Derivatives meronymy noun məˈrɒnəmi Linguistics The paper does reveal a proper analysis of meronymy, once one penetrates the formalism and the notation. Example sentencesExamples The only type of meronymy recognized in GermaNet is the ‘is a component of’ relation, which is also the default value of WordNet's meronymy relation. Extraction of other relations, such as meronymy, has been less studied, and where it has been studied, several shortcomings are apparent. The table contains the attempt to classify the meronymy relation by using quantificational tags. The choice is yours: you can either continue to treat hyponymy and meronymy as being generally connected to synonymy, or follow the newer configuration in the third edition of the book. Origin From Greek meros 'part' + onuma 'name'. Definition of meronym in US English: meronym nounˈmerəˌnim Linguistics A term which denotes part of something but which is used to refer to the whole of it, e.g. faces when used to mean people in I see several familiar faces present. 〔语言学〕借喻（如I see several familiar faces present中的faces表示“人”） Example sentencesExamples This time we will add meronyms to describe the ingredients of my favorite cookie, and add a hypernym for ‘dessert’. Meronyms - words that name a part of what your keyword or keyphrases signify (e.g. ‘brim’ and ‘crown’ are meronyms of ‘hat’) A finger is a part of a hand, thus hand is the holonym of finger; and finger is a meronym of hand. Meronyms tend to occur most frequently in connection with words denoting physical objects. The relation is inversible: if A is a meronym of B, then B is holonym of A. Origin From Greek meros ‘part’ + onuma ‘name’.
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