Re: Re : Re: Event
From: | Charles <catty@...> |
Date: | Monday, September 27, 1999, 18:35 |
From Http://Members.Aol.Com/Lassailly/Tunuframe.Html wrote:
> > > just look as it is a day, and some as some sort of spiritual thing.
>
> look at wordnet.
> it would maybe classify this word as :
> event - life - human - social - cyclic, etc.
>
> only a guess
The cool english interface:
*** http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/lexfn/ ***
The plain english version (chopped a bit) gives:
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of noun birthday
2 senses of birthday
Sense 1
noun.time birthday#1 -- (an anniversary of the day on which a person was born)
= noun.time anniversary#1, day of remembrance#1
= noun.time day#4
= noun.time calendar day#1, civil day#1
= noun.time time period#1, period#1, period of time#1,
= noun.Tops measure#3, quantity#1, amount#3, quantum#1
= noun.Tops abstraction#6
Sense 2
noun.time birthday#2, natal day#1 -- (the date on which a person was born)
= noun.time date#1, day of the month#1
= noun.time day#1, twenty-four hours#1, solar day#1, mean solar day#1
= noun.time time unit#1, unit of time#1
= noun.Tops measure#3, quantity#1, amount#3, quantum#1
= noun.Tops abstraction#6
Coordinate Terms of noun birthday
2 senses of birthday
Sense 1
noun.time birthday#1 -- (an anniversary of the day on which a person
- noun.time anniversary#1, day of remembrance#1 -- (the date on
= noun.time birthday#1 -- (an anniversary of the day on whic
= noun.time jubilee#1 -- (a special anniversary)
= noun.time wedding anniversary#1 -- (the anniversary of the
= noun.time centennial#1, centenary#1 -- (the 100th annivers
= noun.time bicentennial#1, bicentenary#1 -- (the 200th anni
= noun.time tercentennial#1, tercentenary#1, triennial#1
= noun.time quatercentennial#1, quatercentenary#1 -- (the 400th
= noun.time quincentennial#1, quincentenary#1 -- (the 500th
= noun.time millennium#3 -- (the 1000th anniversary)
Sense 2
noun.time birthday#2, natal day#1 -- (the date on which a person was born)
- noun.time date#1, day of the month#1 -- (the specified day of the month;
= noun.time maturity#3, maturity date#1, due date#1
= noun.time D-day#1, 6 June #1 -- (day of the allied landing in France,
= noun.time birthday#2, natal day#1 -- (the date on which a person was born)