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- [uh-lit-uh-rey-shuh n]
- /əˌlɪt əˈreɪ ʃən/
- /əˌlɪt.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
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- [uh-lit-uh-rey-shuh n]
- /əˌlɪt əˈreɪ ʃən/
Definitions of alliteration word
- variable noun alliteration Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound. 3
- noun alliteration the use of the same consonant (consonantal alliteration) or of a vowel, not necessarily the same vowel (vocalic alliteration), at the beginning of each word or each stressed syllable in a line of verse, as in around the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran 3
- noun alliteration repetition of an initial sound, usually of a consonant or cluster, in two or more words of a phrase, line of poetry, etc. (Ex.: “What a tale of terror now their turbulency tells!”) 3
- noun alliteration the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration) as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable (vocalic alliteration) as in each to all. Compare consonance (def 4a). 1
- noun alliteration the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter, as in apt alliteration's artful aid. 1
- noun alliteration The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. 1
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Origin of alliteration
First appearance:
before 1650 One of the 45% oldest English words
1650-60; < Medieval Latin alliterātiōn-, stem of alliterātiō, equivalent to al- al- + literātiō, modeled after obliterātiō obliteration but intended to convey a derivative of littera letter
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Parts of speech for Alliteration
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
alliteration popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
alliteration usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for alliteration
noun alliteration
- allegory — An allegory is a story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else. Allegories are often moral, religious, or political.
- allusion — An allusion is an indirect reference to someone or something.
- analogy — If you make or draw an analogy between two things, you show that they are similar in some way.
- anticlimax — You can describe something as an anticlimax if it disappoints you because it happens after something that was very exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expected.
- antithesis — The antithesis of something is its exact opposite.
Antonyms for alliteration
noun alliteration
- instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- original — belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
- prose — the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
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