Alliteration
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˌlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Alliteration is a noun meaning The recurrence of the same letters or sounds in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.
Meaning
The recurrence of the same letters or sounds in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.
More Meanings
- The repetition of consonant sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; such repetition specifically involving stressed syllables.
Example Sentences
So fish fury all round, as there has been in the past. And as an aside, that alliteration was, sadly, not mine that of a former political correspondent of the Daily Record, John Deans, and applied to the 'cod wars' with Iceland.
Word Forms
- alliterations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include consonance, assonance, parechesis, consonantism, ambisyllabicity, rhyme.
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