epigraph

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- \ˈe-pə-ˌgraf\
- /ˈep.ɪ.ɡrɑːf/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- \ˈe-pə-ˌgraf\

Definitions of epigraph word

noun epigraph An inscription on a building, statue, or coin. 1
noun epigraph inscription 1
noun epigraph quotation at beginning of a text 1
countable noun epigraph An epigraph is a quotation at the beginning of a book or chapter of a book. 0
noun epigraph a quotation at the beginning of a book, chapter, etc, suggesting its theme 0
noun epigraph an inscription on a monument or building 0

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Parts of speech for Epigraph

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exclamation

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epigraph popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for epigraph

noun epigraph

elegy — A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
commemoration — the act or an instance of commemorating
legend — a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
memorial — something designed to preserve the memory of a person, event, etc., as a monument or a holiday.
monument — something erected in memory of a person, event, etc., as a building, pillar, or statue: the Washington Monument.

All 21 Synonyms of epigraph