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English noun: jump | |||
| 1. | jump (event) a sudden and decisive increase | ||
| Samples | A jump in attendance. | ||
| Synonyms | leap | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | increase | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | quantum jump, quantum leap | ||
| 2. | jump (event) an abrupt transition | ||
| Samples | A successful leap from college to the major leagues. | ||
| Synonyms | leap, saltation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transition | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | quantum jump | ||
| 3. | jump (communication) (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transition | ||
| 4. | jump (act) a sudden involuntary movement | ||
| Samples | He awoke with a start. | ||
| Synonyms | start, startle | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | flinch, Moro reflex, startle reaction, startle reflex, startle response, wince | ||
| 5. | jump (act) descent with a parachute | ||
| Samples | He had done a lot of parachuting in the army. | ||
| Synonyms | parachuting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | descent | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | skydiving | ||
| 6. | jump (act) the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground | ||
| Samples | He advanced in a series of jumps. The jumping was unexpected. | ||
| Synonyms | jumping | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | actuation, propulsion | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bounce, bound, capriole, header, hop, hurdle, jumping up and down, leap, leaping, saltation, spring, vault | ||
English verb: jump | |||
| 1. | jump (motion) move forward by leaps and bounds | ||
| Samples | The horse bounded across the meadow. The child leapt across the puddle. Can you jump over the fence?. | ||
| Examples | The horses jump across the field | ||
| Synonyms | bound, leap, spring | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bounce, bounce, bound, burst, caper, capriole, curvet, galumph, hop, hop, hop-skip, leapfrog, overleap, pronk, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, saltate, ski jump, skip, spring, take a hop, vault, vault | ||
| 2. | jump (motion) move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm | ||
| Samples | She startled when I walked into the room. | ||
| Synonyms | start, startle | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | boggle, jackrabbit, rear back, shy | ||
| 3. | jump (competition) make a sudden physical attack on | ||
| Samples | The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assail, assault, attack, set on | ||
| 4. | jump (change) increase suddenly and significantly | ||
| Samples | Prices jumped overnight. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | climb, mount, rise, wax | ||
| 5. | jump (stative) be highly noticeable | ||
| Synonyms | jump out, leap out, stand out, stick out | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP. It ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appear, look, seem | ||
| 6. | jump (competition) enter eagerly into | ||
| Samples | He jumped into the game. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | enter, participate | ||
| 7. | jump (change) rise in rank or status | ||
| Samples | Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list. | ||
| Synonyms | climb up, rise | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| 8. | jump (motion) jump down from an elevated point | ||
| Samples | The parachutist didn't want to jump. Every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge. The widow leapt into the funeral pyre. | ||
| Synonyms | jump off, leap | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| 9. | jump (motion) run off or leave the rails | ||
| Samples | The train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks. | ||
| Synonyms | derail | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| 10. | jump (motion) jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute | ||
| Synonyms | chute, parachute | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dive, plunge, plunk | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | sky dive, skydive | ||
| Entail | come down, descend, fall, glide, go down | ||
| 11. | jump (motion) cause to jump or leap | ||
| Samples | The trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop. | ||
| Examples | The men jump the horses across the field | ||
| Synonyms | leap | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Cause | bound, jump, leap, spring | ||
| 12. | jump (motion) start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery | ||
| Examples | These cars won't jump | ||
| Synonyms | jump-start, jumpstart | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | start, start up | ||
| 13. | jump (cognition) bypass | ||
| Samples | He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible. | ||
| Synonyms | pass over, skip, skip over | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit | ||
| 14. | jump (change) pass abruptly from one state or topic to another | ||
| Samples | Leap into fame. Jump to a conclusion. Jump from one thing to another. | ||
| Synonyms | leap | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change, shift, switch | ||
| 15. | jump (change) go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions | ||
| Synonyms | alternate | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, vary | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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