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TICKET

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The appropriate or desirable thing

Example:

this car could be just the ticket for a small family

Synonyms:

just the ticket; ticket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("ticket" is a kind of...):

appropriateness (the quality of being specially suitable)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices

Synonyms:

slate; ticket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ticket" is a kind of...):

list; listing (a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics))

Sense 3

Meaning:

A commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ticket" is a kind of...):

commercial document; commercial instrument (a document of or relating to commerce)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ticket"):

commutation ticket; season ticket (a ticket good for several trips or to attend a season of entertainments; sold at a reduced rate)

airplane ticket; plane ticket (a ticket good for a trip on an airplane)

pass (a complimentary ticket)

transfer (a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances)

railroad ticket; train ticket (a ticket good for a ride on a railroad train)

theater ticket; theatre ticket (a ticket good for admission to a theater)

bus ticket (a ticket good for a ride on a bus)

return ticket; round-trip ticket (a ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route))

Derivation:

ticket (provide with a ticket for passage or admission)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ticket" is a kind of...):

process; summons (a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ticket"):

speeding ticket (a ticket issued for driving above the speed limit)

parking ticket (a ticket issued for parking in a restricted place)

Derivation:

ticket (issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.

Synonyms:

tag; ticket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ticket" is a kind of...):

label (an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ticket"):

dog tag (metal plate on a dog collar bearing its registration number)

dog tag (military identification tag worn on a chain around the neck)

name tag (a tag showing the name of the person who wears it)

price tag (a tag showing the price of the article it is attached to)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide with a ticket for passage or admission

Example:

Ticketed passengers can board now

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "ticket" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

ticket (a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty

Example:

Move your car or else you will be ticketed!

Synonyms:

fine; ticket

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "ticket" is one way to...):

book (record a charge in a police register)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ticket"):

amerce (punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

ticket (a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation))

Credits

 Context examples: 

She saw herself at the end of a few weeks, the gaze and admiration of every new acquaintance at Fullerton, the envy of every valued old friend in Putney, with a carriage at her command, a new name on her tickets, and a brilliant exhibition of hoop rings on her finger.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

There are no such signs, and no ticket has been found.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You need not buy many tickets.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

In short, we should manipulate this kind of tickets as little as possible.

(Purchase receipts with easily erasable ink contain cancer- and infertility inducing substances, University of Granada)

He came in the train from Klausenburg, and the guard was told by the station-master there that he rushed into the station shouting for a ticket for home.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I've now got four dollars and ninety- five cents, including the ticket.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

They took tickets for New Brighton.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If you will keep the two corner seats I shall get the tickets.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At first there seemed danger of Lydia's engrossing him entirely, for she was a most determined talker; but being likewise extremely fond of lottery tickets, she soon grew too much interested in the game, too eager in making bets and exclaiming after prizes to have attention for anyone in particular.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

According to my experience it is not possible to reach the platform of a Metropolitan train without exhibiting one’s ticket.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)