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DOWNING STREET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The British government
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Downing Street" is a kind of...):
authorities; government; regime (the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A street of Westminster in London
Example:
the Prime Minister lives at No. 10 Downing Street
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
street (a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings)
Holonyms ("Downing Street" is a part of...):
City of Westminster; Westminster (a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey)
