Term: shortening: act of decreasing in length
Candidate hypernym: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples → 1
Candidate hypernym: television equipment: electronic equipment that broadcasts or receives electromagnetic waves representing images and sound → 0
Candidate hypernym: pan american union: the administrative agency of the Organization of American States → 0
Candidate hypernym: guest of honor: the person in whose honor a gathering is held → 0
Candidate hypernym: leading question: a question phrased in such a way as to suggest the desired answer; a lawyer may ask leading questions on cross-examination → 0
Candidate hypernym: northern europe: the northernmost countries of Europe → 0
Candidate hypernym: doric: the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Doris → 0
Candidate hypernym: ashcan school: a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life → 0
Candidate hypernym: lady fern: most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage → 0
Candidate hypernym: quality: high social status → 0
Candidate hypernym: punkie: minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects → 0