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English noun: sphere | |||
| 1. | sphere (state) a particular environment or walk of life | ||
| Samples | His social sphere is limited. It was a closed area of employment. He's out of my orbit. | ||
| Synonyms | area, arena, domain, field, orbit | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | environment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | distaff, front, kingdom, land, lap, political arena, political sphere, preserve, province, realm, responsibility | ||
| 2. | sphere (artifact) any spherically shaped artifact | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | artefact, artifact | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | globe | ||
| 3. | sphere (location) the geographical area in which one nation is very influential | ||
| Synonyms | sphere of influence | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region | ||
| 4. | sphere (cognition) a particular aspect of life or activity | ||
| Samples | He was helpless in an important sector of his life. | ||
| Synonyms | sector | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aspect, facet | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | department | ||
| 5. | sphere (shape) a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | round shape | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ball, bead, conglobation, conglomeration, drop, globe, orb, pearl | ||
| 6. | sphere (shape) a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | round shape | ||
| Part holonym | sr, steradian | ||
| 7. | sphere (location) the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected | ||
| Synonyms | celestial sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens, vault of heaven, welkin | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | surface | ||
| Part holonym | apex, apex of the sun's way, celestial point, nadir, solar apex, zenith, zodiac | ||
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