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Re: Adj -> Noun and Verb -> Noun relation name

Eagerlearner — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:47:47 GMT

Thanks, certainly there is not mistake in my questions, I just like to know if there is such a relation name. I am doing Natural Language Processing research.

such as,

car -> motor vehicle
the relation between them is, motor vehicle is a hypernym of car

car -> accelerator pedal
accelerator pedal is the meronym of car

so on for , synonyms, antonyms, pertainyms,

so I am wondering if there is a relation name between
invented -> inventor

Just that, Thanks.

Re: I do not agree with the speaker's tone of calling ...

Asha101 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:29:12 GMT

thank you, Clive. I got it figured out. What I mean is actually "distant future". I searched the dictionary for antonym of shortsightedness, it looks to me that it should be "foresight", but there is also this word "foresightedness". Both are nouns, are they interchangable? Can I say "such foresight" or "such foresightedness"?

Re: Fidelity is a noun. Is there a similliar adj?

Maple — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:27:26 GMT

Do you want cookies or chocolates?

Chocolates, please!---------Good

The latter. ---acceptable. (I'm not sure about this)

AND anotehr quetion:
http://www.answers.com/topic/latter <--it says that it's an adjective. Is it? Yes. Because I didn't get the '~~tesaurus~~' thesaurus and ~~atonyms~~ antonyms

Re: Antonym of "too much"

Grammar Geek — Sat, 19 May 2007 23:03:30 GMT

I googled too, because I wanted to see the usuage, and I got only 158,000, but still, that's far too many to be believed! But compared to 2.5 million for "too few" and 4.2 million for "too little," it's not very many.

You are right - too little (noncount nouns) or too few (count nouns) is correct, and throw "too less" into the rubbish heap.

Re: how can we use LITERALLY?

Alienvoord — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:58:34 GMT

Languages are always losing some distinctions and gaining new ones. English lost the singular second person pronoun "thou", but we can still make the distinction between singular and plural second person when we need to, by using "you guys", "you all", etc.

In the same way, we can use "literally" in both the factual and the figurative sense by altering the intonation and word order.
for instance
"It literally exploded." vs "It exploded, literally."
It's clear, at least to me, which meaning is intended in these sentences.

After all, this is not the only word that is its own antonym: others include cleave, trim, dust, sanction.

So I don't believe that the figurative meaning of "literally" means we have lost the ability to make the distinction. And in the future, if "literally" loses its factual meaning altogether, we can still make the distinction - we'll just use a different word.

I just don't think it's true that a semantic change would prevent us from making a distinction that we want to make. That sounds too Whorfian for me.

Re: What is the opposite of Sin?

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 07:11:32 GMT

The Antonym of Sin

In order to arrive at a suitable antonym for the word âsinâ, one must understand the word as it is correctly used in the English language. This explanation will address the meaning of sin and its antonym in an attempt to assist in gaining a more thorough understanding.

As a verb, sin is the act of missing the mark, falling short, or transgressing the law. As a noun, sin is the state of being off the mark, fallen, or out of accordance with the law. The opposite act of sin is reaching the mark and acting in accordance with the law. For clarity, one must know what the intended mark is, what is being fallen short of, and what law is being transgressed by sin. Another simple definition of sin is estrangement from God. In this case, the mark is what God intends one to achieve. Sin is falling short, or going against the law of God.

A single word meaning the opposite of sin may be used in noun form or as a verb to denote the opposite state or act of sin. The most specific antonym of sin is the noun godliness. As a verb, obey is probably the most accurate antonym of sin, but this word used by itself lacks association with anything specific, as one could âobey the law of sinâ. A single word to denote the act of keeping the law of God is hard to find. Examples of these antonyms in sentence form may be, âI would rather live in godliness than die in sinâ, or âI strive not to sin, but to obey God.â Notice the noun use of godliness is more descriptive, but the verb use of obey relies on the noun âGodâ to convey its full meaning.

One could attempt to remove the word âGodâ from the second example, but the meaning of sin and its antonym would become vague. Likewise, nouns such as âobedienceâ are not specific enough to convey full meaning. Even morality and virtue can be viewed as being relevant terms, albeit only by some. For a more complete understanding of sin and its antonym one must address the subject of good and evil. For an accurate understanding of good and evil, one must acknowledge the existence of an absolute point of reference in terms of morality. Otherwise, the entire concept of good and evil would be only relative and sin or its antonym would be ultimately meaningless.

God, in absolute terms, is the self-existent one, or the âI am that I amâ. The Hebrew word for the self-existent one is YHWH, referred to as the name of God. Some ways people pronounce this name are Yahweh or Yahavah, but the meaning is what is significant. A shorter version of the name is Yah. In some dialects the âYâ is pronounced as a âJâ sound, and âWâ as a âVâ sound and various vowels are inserted, such as in Jehovah, or Jah. Regardless of the word itself or name used, the existence of God is not dependent on any other. âGodâ, as the word is being used in this context, refers to the one that self-exists, or is absolute.

Godliness is the condition of obedience to God, or to be acting, speaking and thinking in accordance with God. Only God, as the absolute point of reference can determine what is good and what is evil. God is good, and goodness is that which is of God. Evil is that which opposes God, or that which is not in accordance with God. Sin puts one out of harmony with God. It is the act of going against God and finally puts one out of existence. Obedience keeps one in harmony with God and therefore in existence with God. It is actually simpler to consider that sin is the antonym of godliness rather than godliness being the antonym of sin.

In light of this explanation, the biblical statements that âall have sinned and fall short of the glory of Godâ, and âsin, when it is finished brings forth deathâ, make perfect sense. The Genesis account shows that humanity is in a fallen state, which puts the world in the deadly state of disharmony with God. Speaking of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, man is told by God, âIn the day you eat of it, you shall surely die.â Naturally, mankind sins and their immediate reaction is to hide from God, in shame, attempting to cover themselves with fig leaves. The account reveals mankindâs inadequacy to remedy his own problem, so it continues to tell how God made coats of skin from animals to cover them. Someone had to die, and in this case the sacrifice was an animal. But mankind was still not in total harmony with God, they were simply covered for the time.

The only way one can be brought back into harmony with God or reconciled to God and made sinless is to be forgiven and made whole again, ultimately to be at one with God.

The self-existent one also has expression self. Oneâs expression can be called oneâs âwordâ. In Greek, the word âlogosâ signifies expression or representation as a logo represents a company in modern usage. There is some very good news that the word of God has become manifest in human form, and is referred to as the âsonâ of God, since he came as a man from God and lived as the expression of God, representing God to mankind. He appeared to reveal attributes of God, such as character, and to make manifest the will of God, as a light to the world. He remained in obedience to God throughout his life and did not sin. Therefore, there would have been no consequence of death resulting from any of his actions. The self-existent one whose name is called YHWH was his father. And it was YHWHâs will to sacrifice his own son so that mankind could be reconciled to him, the only God, and saved from the death that was the consequence of sin.

âYahshuaâ in Hebrew essentially means âYHWH savesâ. Although some of the specifics are debatable, in English, Yahshua is pronounced Jesus. The man who came as the word of God in the flesh was also given by God as the perfect and complete sacrifice by which the sins of mankind would not merely be covered, but entirely removed, thus allowing full forgiveness, reconciliation, restoration, salvation, wholeness, harmony and being made at one with the self-existent God by whom all life is given.

But there is more good news. Not only was the son of God given as a sacrifice for sin, but he was brought back to life after being dead and buried for 3 days, then he ascended into heaven where he is currently with God, YHWH, his Father and serving as the mediator between God and mankind. Everything God says is true, and since Yahshua was and is the living word of God, his words are true. He promised to return to this Earth and the kingdom of God would be established over the entire world. There is a lot more to the good news, but his message was and is to repent, which means to turn away from sin, and believe in the good news, because the kingdom of God is at hand.

As previously mentioned, sin is the antonym of godliness, which puts one out of synch with God, or separates one from God and ultimately life. Therefore, the ultimate antonym of sin is not only in keeping with the law of God, but will eradicate sin and put one who has sinned in harmony with God and give eternal life. The ultimate antonym of sin is the expression of God through his son who was sacrificed for that purpose and resurrected from the dead to save those who believe and live according to this good news. In his own words he stated that eternal life is to know the only true God and his son, Yahshua the Messiah, whom God sent.

Re: What is the opposite of Sin?

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:08:46 GMT

Sin does not have an antonym. There are many words like this in English. The best way to think of it is to compare sin to other nouns that are grammatically similar such as crime, murder, robbery, forgery, etc. You can commit a crime, but the opposite is ... ? Nothing, there is no opposite. Even if you describe a person as performing good deeds, that does not necessarily mean that they are not sinning as well. Also, "commit" has a negative connotation. You can commit a sin or a crime, but you would never "commit" a good deed.

Re: antonyms

Maple — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 21:30:22 GMT

I think the nouns having antonyms are either abstract nouns, or nouns indicating some special attributes to the objects they denote.

PS: My antonym to "visiting dentist" is "surfing internet"

Re: antonym question

CalifJim — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:36:42 GMT

There are antonyms for nouns - see the other thread. This is pretty much a continuation of questions in that thread.
CJ

Re: antonyms

CalifJim — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:33:22 GMT

Lots of nouns have antonyms, more or less. At least they have what we might think of as opposites.

day - night
summer - winter
purchase - sale
zenith - nadir
poverty - wealth
happiness - sadness
heat - cold
success - failure
truth - falsehood
virtue - vice
panic - calm

I don't suppose any nouns that denote objects (clock, chair, table, lamp, wallet, ...) or substances (sugar, butter, meat, ...) have antonyms, however.

CJ