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ALLITERATION

Pronunciation (US):

• ALLITERATION (noun)
The noun ALLITERATION has 1 sense:

1. use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse

Familiarity information: ALLITERATION used as a noun is very rare.

• ALLITERATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

alliteration; beginning rhyme; head rhyme; initial rhyme

Context example:

around the rock the ragged rascal ran

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

rhyme; rime (correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds))

"While there's life, there's hope."
(English proverb)
"The more cowherds there are, the worse the cows are looked after"
(Breton proverb)
"When the axe came to the forest, the trees said: "The handle is one of us.""
(Armenian proverb)
"Half an egg is better than an empty shell."
(Dutch proverb)

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