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- [vur-suh-fi-key-shuh n]
- /ˌvɜr sə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/
- /vɜːsɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/
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- [vur-suh-fi-key-shuh n]
- /ˌvɜr sə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/
Definitions of versification word
- noun versification the act of versifying. 1
- noun versification verse form; metrical structure. 1
- noun versification a metrical version of something. 1
- noun versification the art or practice of composing verses. 1
- noun versification the technique or art of versifying 0
- noun versification the form or metrical composition of a poem 0
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Origin of versification
First appearance:
before 1595 One of the 38% oldest English words
1595-1605; < Latin versificātiōn- (stem of versificātiō), equivalent to versificāt(us) (past participle of versificāre to versify; see -ate1) + -iōn- -ion
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Parts of speech for Versification
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
versification popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 62% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
versification usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for versification
noun versification
- balladry — ballad poetry or songs
- doggerel — comic or burlesque, and usually loose or irregular in measure. rude; crude; poor.
- metrics — Mathematics. a nonnegative real-valued function having properties analogous to those of the distance between points on a real line, as the distance between two points being independent of the order of the points, the distance between two points being zero if, and only if, the two points coincide, and the distance between two points being less than or equal to the sum of the distances from each point to an arbitrary third point.
- expressive — Effectively conveying thought or feeling.
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