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English noun: penetration | |||
| 1. | penetration (act) an attack that penetrates into enemy territory | ||
| Synonyms | incursion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | attack, onrush, onset, onslaught | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | breakthrough, foray, infiltration, interpenetration, invasion, maraud, raid | ||
| 2. | penetration (cognition) clear or deep perception of a situation | ||
| Synonyms | insight | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | perception | ||
| 3. | penetration (act) the act of entering into or through something | ||
| Samples | The penetration of upper management by women. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | entering, entrance, entry, incoming, ingress | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | interpenetration, market penetration, permeation | ||
| 4. | penetration (attribute) the ability to make way into or through something | ||
| Samples | The greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ability | ||
| 5. | penetration (attribute) the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deepness, depth | ||
| 6. | penetration (act) the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, congress, copulation, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation | ||
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