Ontology studies the way in which entities that exist are related.
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Ontology
//ɒnˈtɒləd͡ʒi//
Synonyms for "ontology" (31 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (15)
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More general
5 entriesRelated terms
3 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
12 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesholonym
1 entriesis a
5 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
74 translations across 51 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- գոյաբանություն noun (study of being)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ontologiya noun (study of being)
Bashkir
1 entries- онтология noun (study of being)
Belarusian
1 entries- антало́гія noun (study of being)
Bengali
1 entries- তত্ত্ববিদ্যা noun (study of being)
Catalan
2 entries- ontologia noun (study of being)
- ontologia noun (system model in computer science)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 本體論 /本体论 noun (study of being)
Czech
2 entries- ontologie noun (study of being)
- ontologie noun (system model in computer science)
Danish
1 entries- ontologi noun (study of being)
Dutch
1 entries- ontologie noun (study of being)
Faroese
1 entries- verufrøði noun (study of being)
Finnish
2 entries- ontologia noun (study of being)
- ontologia noun (system model in computer science)
French
2 entries- ontologie noun (study of being)
- ontologie noun (system model in computer science)
Galician
1 entries- ontoloxía noun (study of being)
Georgian
1 entries- ონტოლოგია noun (study of being)
German
2 entries- Ontologie noun (study of being)
- Ontologie noun (system model in computer science)
Greek
2 entries- οντολογία noun (study of being)
- οντολογία noun (system model in computer science)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- ontoloji noun (study of being)
Hebrew
1 entries- אונטולוגיה noun (study of being)
Hungarian
1 entries- ontológia noun (study of being)
Icelandic
1 entries- verufræði noun (study of being)
Indonesian
1 entries- ontologi noun (study of being)
Irish
2 entries- ointeolaíocht noun (study of being)
- ointeolaíocht noun (system model in computer science)
Italian
2 entries- ontologia noun (study of being)
- ontologia noun (system model in computer science)
Japanese
3 entries- オントロジー noun (study of being)
- 存在論 noun (study of being)
- 本体論 noun (study of being)
Kazakh
1 entries- онтология noun (study of being)
Korean
1 entries- 존재론 noun (study of being)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- онтология noun (study of being)
Latin
1 entries- ontologia noun (study of being)
Latvian
2 entries- ontoloģija noun (study of being)
- ontoloģija noun (system model in computer science)
Macedonian
2 entries- онтологија noun (study of being)
- онтологија noun (system model in computer science)
Malay
2 entries- ontologi noun (study of being)
- ontologi noun (system model in computer science)
Mongolian
1 entries- онтологи noun (study of being)
Norwegian
2 entries- ontologi noun (study of being)
- ontologi noun (system model in computer science)
Occitan
1 entries- ontologia noun (study of being)
Persian
1 entries- هستیشناسی noun (study of being)
Polish
2 entries- ontologia noun (study of being)
- ontologia noun (system model in computer science)
Portuguese
2 entries- ontologia noun (study of being)
- ontologia noun (system model in computer science)
Romanian
2 entries- ontologie noun (study of being)
- ontologie noun (system model in computer science)
Russian
2 entries- онтоло́гия noun (study of being)
- онтоло́гия noun (system model in computer science)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ontològija noun (study of being)
- ontològija noun (system model in computer science)
- онтоло̀гија noun (study of being)
- онтоло̀гија noun (system model in computer science)
Spanish
2 entries- ontología noun (study of being)
- ontología noun (system model in computer science)
Swahili
1 entries- ontolojia noun (study of being)
Swedish
1 entries- ontologi noun (study of being)
Tagalog
1 entries- dalubmagingan noun (study of being)
Tamil
1 entries- உள்ளியம் noun (study of being)
Thai
1 entries- ภววิทยา noun (study of being)
Turkish
2 entries- ontoloji noun (study of being)
- varlık felsefesi noun (study of being)
Ukrainian
1 entries- онтоло́гія noun (study of being)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bản thể luận noun (study of being)
Yiddish
1 entries- אָנטאָלאָגיע noun (study of being)
Sample sentences
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What's the difference between taxonomy and ontology?
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The religious may like the article "Glossolalia and Linguistic Alterity: The Ontology of Ineffable Speech."
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What is ontology and how is it used in technology?
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