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Opposite (semantics) In lexical semantics, opposites are words lying in an inherently incompatible binary relationship. For example, something that is male entails that it is not female. 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 thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
Portal. v. t. e. In linguistics, a grammar is the set of rules for how a natural language is structured, as demonstrated by its speakers or writers. Grammar rules may concern the use of clauses, phrases, and words. The term may also refer to the study of such rules, a subject that includes phonology, morphology, and syntax, together with ...
A reference work is a non-fiction work, such as a paper, book or periodical (or their electronic equivalents ), to which one can refer for information. [1] The information is intended to be found quickly when needed. Such works are usually referred to for particular pieces of information, rather than read beginning to end.
Workbooks are paperback textbooks issued to students. [1] [2] [3] Workbooks are usually filled with practice problems, with empty space so that the answers can be written directly in the book. More recently, electronic workbooks have permitted interactive and customized learning. Such workbooks may be used on computers, laptops, PDAs, and may ...
Contronym. A contronym is a word with two opposite meanings; such a word is also known as an antagonym, autoantonym, contranym, or Janus word. [1] [2] For example, the word cleave can mean "to cut apart" or "to bind together". This feature is also called enantiosemy, [3] [4] enantionymy ( enantio- means "opposite"), antilogy or autoantonymy.
No. 1—Religious Intolerance—Pastor Russell's Followers Persecuted Because They Tell the People the Truth—Treatment of Bible Students Smacks of the 'Dark Ages ' —1918 No. 2—"The Finished Mystery" and Why Suppressed—Clergymen Take a Hand—1918 No. 3—Two Great Battles Raging—Fall of Autocracy Certain—Satanic Strategy Doomed to ...
Tania Roxborogh was born in Christchurch.When she was three years old, her alcoholic father left home and she moved to Te Puke with her mother. [4] [5] In 1972, at the age of seven, her mother met another man, who had four sons and a housekeeper who also had four children.