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What is the collective term for policy, standard and guideline?
I know they are distinct, but if wanted to refer to them as a single entity in the distance how would I do that?
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What is the "class-noun" for online and offline?
If something can either be yellow or red, green, blue, then its "redness" or "yellowness" "class-noun" would be its COLOR.
If something can either be fast or slow, then its "fastness" or "slowness" "...
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Hypernym for “conjunction” and “opposition”
Conjunction and opposition are terms from astronomy and astrology, and refer to two celestial bodies (usually planets) being together, or opposite one another, as seen from a third body (almost-always ...
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Hypernym for laws and rules
I need to find the proper abstract noun that can describe rules that are either issued at ministry level in some government and laws that are issued at the nation/presidential level.
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A word to define the set of the terms 'Regional', 'National', 'Global' [closed]
I'm looking for a word that defines the level of a competition, for example, a regional competition, a national competition, or global competition, an inter-school competition, or international ...
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General word for the "single or return"-ness of a travel ticket
As we all know, a plane ticket can be a "single" ticket or a "return" ticket. (Alternative terminology: a "one-way" vs a "round trip" ticket.) But is there a name for the set of ticket properties ...
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Hypernym for "today", "upcoming", and "past"?
I am creating an app where people can look for yard sales in their area. They will be able to look for sales going on today, coming up in the near future, and sales that are past.
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Hypernym for "necklace", "bracelet" and "anklet"
Each is an item of jewelry that is primarily distinguished by the body part around which it is wrapped. Jewelry is too generic a term, since it would include earrings as well, which are not wrapped ...
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Hypernym for "driver" and "passenger"
Is there a single word that covers any person who "rides" in a vehicle?
Driver would refer only to the person driving the vehicle.
Passenger can be used for everyone but not the driver.
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Hypernym for "business" and "private individual"
An example sentence:
Whether, and how much VAT is collected depends on your _________ (private or business) and the country you are located in.
Both formal and informal words are welcome. As long ...
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Hypernym for "audio podcast", "radio drama", and "audiobook" [duplicate]
I'm setting up my media library to contain music, movies, shows, audio podcasts, radio dramas, and audiobooks.
I would like audio podcasts, radio dramas, and audiobooks to be in the same category, ...
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Hypernym for different time sections of a day [duplicate]
In a day, we have different names for different times of it. For example, morning, afternoon, night, evening, noon.
I need a hypernym for them all. What word should I use?
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Hypernym for "for sale", "for rent", etc
What do you call the category whose members include "For Sale," "For Rent," "For Lease," etc.?
To put it another way, how would you fill in the blank:
When we see a signage for an apartment for ...
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Hypernym for "individual" and "company"
Could anyone let me know any good umbrella term for individual and company?
I'm trying to create a form as below. And I need a word or phrase to fill the blank:
_____: individual/company
name: [...
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A general term for standards, legislation, handbooks, etc.?
What is a general word or phrase that could encompass the class of documents called standards (i.e. ISO, ANSI, BS, etc.), legislation, laws, handbooks, style guides, manuals, etc.? Basically, all ...
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