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accretion
Overview of noun accretion
The noun accretion has 6 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) accretion, accumulation -- (an increase by natural growth or addition)
2. accretion -- (something contributing to growth or increase; "he scraped away the accretions of paint"; "the central city surrounded by recent accretions")
3. accretion -- ((astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases)
4. accretion -- ((biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles)
5. accretion -- ((geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment)
6. accretion -- ((law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance))
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun accretion
6 senses of accretion
Sense 1
accretion, accumulation
=> increase, increment, growth
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
accretion
=> addition, increase, gain
=> indefinite quantity
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
accretion
=> increase, increment, growth
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
accretion
=> increase, increment, growth
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
accretion
=> increase, increment, growth
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 6
accretion
=> inheritance, heritage
=> transferred property, transferred possession
=> possession
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun accretion
1 of 6 senses of accretion
Sense 1
accretion, accumulation
=> backup
=> buildup
=> deposition, deposit
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun accretion
6 senses of accretion
Sense 1
accretion, accumulation
=> increase, increment, growth
Sense 2
accretion
=> addition, increase, gain
Sense 3
accretion
=> increase, increment, growth
Sense 4
accretion
=> increase, increment, growth
Sense 5
accretion
=> increase, increment, growth
Sense 6
accretion
=> inheritance, heritage
Antonyms of noun accretion
Member Holonyms of noun accretion
Substance Holonyms of noun accretion
Part Holonyms of noun accretion
Member Meronyms of noun accretion
Substance Meronyms of noun accretion
Part Meronyms of noun accretion
Meronyms of noun accretion
Holonyms of noun accretion
Attributes of noun accretion
Derived Forms of noun accretion
6 senses of accretion
Sense 1
accretion, accumulation
RELATED TO>(adj) accretionary#1
=> accretionary
RELATED TO>(verb) accrete#2
=> accrete
Sense 2
accretion
RELATED TO>(adj) accretionary#1
=> accretionary
Sense 3
accretion
RELATED TO>(adj) accretionary#1
=> accretionary
Sense 4
accretion
RELATED TO>(adj) accretionary#1
=> accretionary
RELATED TO>(verb) accrete#2
=> accrete
Sense 5
accretion
RELATED TO>(adj) accretionary#1
=> accretionary
Sense 6
accretion
RELATED TO>(adj) accretionary#1
=> accretionary
Domain of noun accretion
4 of 6 senses of accretion
Sense 3
accretion
TOPIC>(noun) astronomy#1, uranology#1
Sense 4
accretion
TOPIC>(noun) biology#1, biological science#1
Sense 5
accretion
TOPIC>(noun) geology#1
Sense 6
accretion
TOPIC>(noun) law#2, jurisprudence#2
Domain Terms of noun accretion
Familiarity of noun accretion
accretion used as a noun is common (polysemy count =6)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun accretion
6 senses of accretion
Sense 1
accretion, accumulation
> increase, increment, growth
=> accession
=> accretion, accumulation
=> accretion
=> accretion
=> accretion
=> multiplication
=> population growth
=> proliferation
=> pullulation
=> relaxation
=> widening, broadening
Sense 2
accretion
> addition, increase, gain
=> accretion
Sense 3
accretion
> increase, increment, growth
=> accession
=> accretion, accumulation
=> accretion
=> accretion
=> accretion
=> multiplication
=> population growth
=> proliferation
=> pullulation
=> relaxation
=> widening, broadening
Sense 4
accretion
> increase, increment, growth
=> accession
=> accretion, accumulation
=> accretion
=> accretion
=> accretion
=> multiplication
=> population growth
=> proliferation
=> pullulation
=> relaxation
=> widening, broadening
Sense 5
accretion
> increase, increment, growth
=> accession
=> accretion, accumulation
=> accretion
=> accretion
=> accretion
=> multiplication
=> population growth
=> proliferation
=> pullulation
=> relaxation
=> widening, broadening
Sense 6
accretion
> inheritance, heritage
=> primogeniture
=> borough English
=> accretion
=> bequest, legacy
=> birthright, patrimony
=> devise
=> heirloom
Meronyms of noun accretion
6 senses of accretion
Sense 6
accretion
=> inheritance, heritage
HAS PART: heirloom
Holonyms of noun accretion
Grep of noun accretion
accretion
Grep of adj accretion
accretionary
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