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  • Which of these is a semantic relation which denotes 'a co...
Multiple choice

Which of these is a semantic relation which denotes 'a constituent part of, or a member of something' relation?

  1. Holonymy

  2. Meronymy

  3. Pertainym

  4. Polysemy

  5. Troponymy

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Explanation

Meronymy (from greek, meros = part and onoma = name) is a semantic relation used in linguistics. A meronym denotes a constituent part of, or a member of something.

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