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- [tril-uh-jee]
- /ˈtrɪl ə dʒi/
- /ˈtrɪl.ə.dʒi/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tril-uh-jee]
- /ˈtrɪl ə dʒi/
Definitions of trilogy word
- noun plural trilogy a series or group of three plays, novels, operas, etc., that, although individually complete, are closely related in theme, sequence, or the like. 1
- noun plural trilogy (in ancient Greek drama) a series of three complete and usually related tragedies performed at the festival of Dionysus and forming a tetralogy with the satyr play. 1
- noun plural trilogy a group of three related things. 1
- noun trilogy books, films: 3-part series 1
- noun Technical meaning of trilogy (language) A strongly typed logic programming language with numerical constraint-solving over the natural numbers, developed by Paul Voda <[email protected]> at UBC in 1988. Trilogy is syntactically a blend of Prolog, Lisp, and Pascal. It contains three types of clauses: predicates (backtracking but no assignable variables), procedures (if-then-else but no backtracking; assignable variables), and subroutines (like procedures, but with input and system calls; callable only from top level or from other subroutines). Development of Trilogy I stopped in 1991. Trilogy II, developed by Paul Voda 1988-92, was a declarative general purpose programming language, used for teaching and to write CL. 1
- countable noun trilogy A trilogy is a series of three books, plays, or films that have the same subject or the same characters. 0
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Origin of trilogy
First appearance:
before 1655 One of the 46% oldest English words
From the Greek word trilogía, dating back to 1655-65. See tri-, -logy
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Parts of speech for Trilogy
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trilogy popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% 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".
trilogy usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with trilogy
- what comes after trilogy?
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- fantastic beasts and where to find them trilogy?
- i know what you did last summer trilogy?
- how long is the lord of the rings trilogy?
- what is trilogy?
- how long is the star wars trilogy?
- how long is the original star wars trilogy?
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