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key definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb key Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb key Entailment of verb key 1 of 5 senses of key Sense 1 identify, discover, key, key out distinguish, describe, name => classify, class, sort, assort, sort out separate Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb key 5 senses of key Sense 1 identify, discover, key, key out distinguish, describe, name Sense 2 key => supply, provide, render, furnish Sense 3 key => vandalize, vandalise Sense 4 key => harmonize, harmonise, chord Sense 5 key => harmonize, harmonise, reconcile Familiarity of verb key key used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 5) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb key Sense 1 identify, discover, key, key out distinguish, describe, name -------------- Sense 2 key => supply, provide, render, furnish -------------- Sense 3 key => vandalize, vandalise -------------- Sense 4 key => harmonize, harmonise, chord -------------- Sense 5 key => harmonize, harmonise, reconcile -------------- Grep of noun key african green monkey ash-key backspace key blended whiskey bonnet monkey brass monkey brush turkey capital of turkey chokey church key cold turkey colobus monkey command key control key corn whiskey croo monkey crown monkey darkey de bakey dickey disc jockey disk jockey dohickey donkey doohickey field hockey flunkey francis scott key francis scott key fitzgerald gin rickey grease monkey green monkey guenon monkey hankey hickey hockey honkey howler monkey hussar monkey ice hockey ignition key irish whiskey jimhickey jockey key key fruit key lime key palm key ring key signature key west key word keyboard keyboard buffer keyhole keyhole limpet keyhole saw keynes keynesianism keynote keynote address keynote speech keystone keystone state lackey latchkey leakey lion monkey louis leakey louis seymour bazett leakey malt whiskey mary douglas leakey mary leakey master key michael ellis de bakey mickey monkey new world monkey ocellated turkey okey old world monkey passkey plain turkey pokey powder monkey proboscis monkey punkey republic of turkey return key rhesus monkey richard erskine leakey richard leakey richard starkey rickey rye whiskey scotch whiskey screw key skeleton key sour mash whiskey spider monkey squirrel monkey tab key telegraph key titi monkey tom turkey turkey turnkey vervet monkey watch key water turkey whiskey woolly monkey Overview of noun key The noun key has 10 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (14) key -- (metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated) 2. (4) key -- (something crucial for explaining; "the key to development is economic integration") 3. (2) key -- (pitch of the voice; "he spoke in a low key") 4. (1) key, tonality -- (any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music) 5. kilogram, kg kilo, key -- (one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the System International d'Unites; "a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds"; "they were carrying two keys of heroin") 6. Key, Francis Scott Key -- (United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)) 7. key, cay, Florida keys -- (a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida) 8. key -- (a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations) 9. winder, key -- (mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)) 10. key -- (a lever that actuates a mechanism when depressed) Overview of verb key The verb key has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) identify, discover, key, key out distinguish, describe, name -- (as in in botany or biology, for example) 2. key -- (provide with a key; "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building") 3. key -- (vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key") 4. key -- (regulate the musical pitch of) 5. key -- (harmonize with or adjust to "key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude") Overview of adj key The adj key has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (8) cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal -- (serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure") 2. operative, key -- (effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word") Antonyms of adj key 2 senses of key Sense 1 cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal INDIRECT (VIA important) -> unimportant Sense 2 operative, key INDIRECT (VIA significant) -> insignificant, unimportant Similarity of adj key 2 senses of key Sense 1 cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal => important (vs. unimportant), of import Sense 2 operative, key => significant (vs. insignificant), important Attributes of adj key Familiarity of adj key key used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj key dickey flakey flukey key keyed keyless keynesian low-key off-key on-key pokey Overview of noun key The noun key has 10 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (14) key -- (metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated) 2. (4) key -- (something crucial for explaining; "the key to development is economic integration") 3. (2) key -- (pitch of the voice; "he spoke in a low key") 4. (1) key, tonality -- (any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music) 5. kilogram, kg kilo, key -- (one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the System International d'Unites; "a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds"; "they were carrying two keys of heroin") 6. Key, Francis Scott Key -- (United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)) 7. key, cay, Florida keys -- (a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida) 8. key -- (a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations) 9. winder, key -- (mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)) 10. key -- (a lever that actuates a mechanism when depressed) Overview of verb key The verb key has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) identify, discover, key, key out distinguish, describe, name -- (as in in botany or biology, for example) 2. key -- (provide with a key; "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building") 3. key -- (vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key") 4. key -- (regulate the musical pitch of) 5. key -- (harmonize with or adjust to "key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude") Overview of adj key The adj key has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (8) cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal -- (serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure") 2. operative, key -- (effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word")
key definition
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