Definitions for alliteration
əˌlɪt əˈreɪ ʃənal·lit·er·a·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.7 / 18 votes

1. alliteration, initial rhyme, beginning rhyme, head rhymenoun

   use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse

   "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.6 / 13 votes

1. alliterationnoun

   The repetition of consonants at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.

2. alliterationnoun

   The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.

3. Etymology: From ad and litera.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alliteration

   Alliteration is the conspicuous repetition of initial consonant sounds of nearby words in a phrase, often used as a literary device. A familiar example is "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers". Alliteration is used poetically in various languages around the world, including Arabic, Irish, German, Mongolian, Hungarian, American Sign Language, Somali, Finnish, Icelandic.

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1. alliteration

   Alliteration is a literary technique where two or more words in a phrase or line of poetry share the same beginning sound. The words could be immediately adjacent or spaced out within a line or sentence. It is often used for emphasis or to create a rhythmic effect.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.4 / 5 votes

1. Alliterationnoun

   the repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: -

2. Etymology: [L. ad + litera letter. See Letter.]

WikidataRate this definition:3.4 / 11 votes

1. Alliteration

   In language, 'alliteration' is the repetition of a particular sound in the prominent lifts of a series of words or phrases. Alliteration has developed largely through poetry, in which it more narrowly refers to the repetition of a consonant in any syllables that, according to the poem's meter, are stressed, as in James Thomson's verse "Come…dragging the lazy languid Line along". Another example is Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers. In alliterative verse, the alliteration that is relevant to the metre is the lift of the half-line; the ironic example often given to illustrate this is that the word alliteration itself alliterates on the consonant l, not a - thus, bold beauty is an alliterative formula, between beauties is not, etc. Consonance is another 'phonetic agreement' akin to alliteration. Assonance is also often in said category, though is more akin to true-rhyme than alliteration. Alliteration may also include the use of different consonants with similar properties such as alliterating z with s, as does Tolkien in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, or as Anglo-Saxon poets would alliterate hard/fricative g with soft g; this is known as license. The concept is that the sounds are formed orally with exceptional similarity.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Alliteration

   al-lit-ėr-ā′shun, n. the recurrence of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words following close to each other, as in Churchill's 'apt alliteration's artful aid:' the recurrence of the same initial sound in the first accented syllables of words: initial rhyme—the characteristic structure of versification of Old English and Teutonic languages generally. Every alliterative couplet had two accented syllables, containing the same initial consonants, one in each of the two sections.—v.i. Allit′erate, to begin with the same letter: to constitute alliteration.—adj. Allit′erative. [Fr.—L. ad, to, and litera, a letter.]

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How to pronounce alliteration?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say alliteration in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of alliteration in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of alliteration in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of alliteration in a Sentence

1. Kevin Demoff:

   SoFi Stadium Im a fan of alliteration, so I love it, that may be very 10th-grade English of me, but I think its a very natural-sounding name.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=alliteration
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Alliteration
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliteration
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alliteration
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=alliteration
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=alliteration
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=alliteration