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tro·ponym
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Princeton's WordNet
troponym, manner namenoun
a word that denotes a manner of doing something
"`march' is a troponym of `walk'"
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troponymnoun
A verb that indicates more precisely the manner of doing something by replacing a verb of a more generalized meaning.
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troponym
In linguistics, troponymy is the presence of a 'manner' relation between two lexemes. The concept was originally proposed by Christiane Fellbaum and George Miller. Some examples they gave are "to nibble is to eat in a certain manner, and to gorge is to eat in a different manner. Similarly, to traipse or to mince is to walk in some manner".Troponymy is one of the possible relations between verbs in the semantic network of the WordNet database.
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troponym
A troponym is a word that denotes a specific instance or a subclass of a more general concept or another word. It refers to the relationship between words whose denotations are in a hierarchical structure. For instance, the word "stroll" is a troponym for "walk", as it refers to a type or kind of walking.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of troponym in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of troponym in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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