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ALLITERATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alliterate mean?
• ALLITERATE (verb)
The verb ALLITERATE has 1 sense:
1. use alliteration as a form of poetry
Familiarity information: ALLITERATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Past simple: alliterated
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Past participle: alliterated
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-ing form: alliterating
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Sense 1
Meaning:
Use alliteration as a form of poetry
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "alliterate" is one way to...):
Domain category:
poesy; poetry; verse (literature in metrical form)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
alliteration (use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse)
alliterative (having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable)
alliterator (a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration)
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