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- [poh-it]
- /ˈpoʊ ɪt/
- /ˈpəʊ.ɪt/
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- [poh-it]
- /ˈpoʊ ɪt/
Definitions of poet word
- noun poet a person who composes poetry. 1
- noun poet a person who has the gift of poetic thought, imagination, and creation, together with eloquence of expression. 1
- noun poet writer of poetry 1
- countable noun poet A poet is a person who writes poems. 0
- noun poet a person who writes or performs poetry 0
- noun poet a person with great imagination and creativity 0
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Origin of poet
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English poete < Latin poēta < Greek poiētḗs poet, literally, maker, equivalent to poiē-, variant stem of poieîn to make + -tēs agent noun suffix
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Parts of speech for Poet
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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
poet popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% 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".
poet usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for poet
noun poet
- accompanist — An accompanist is a musician, especially a pianist, who plays one part of a piece of music while someone else sings or plays the main tune.
- author — The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it.
- balladeer — a singer of ballads
- balladist — someone who composes or performs ballads
- bard — People sometimes refer to William Shakespeare as the Bard.
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