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Meaning of cohyponymy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The semantic relation between cohyponyms (coordinate terms); the quality of being cohyponymous (coordinate).

uncountable

Examples

“Hansen et al. (1982, 202) mention the following semantic relations that systematically obtain between the senses of polysemic words: (conceptual) hyponymy, hyperonymy and cohyponymy on the one hand, and (figurative) metonymy and meta­phor on the other.”
“A first step in this direction was taken by Heylen et al. (2008), who focused on a larger set of elementary relations, including synonymy, hypernymy and hyponymy, in addition to the composed relation of cohyponymy.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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