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Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...
Communication strategies are strategies that learners use to overcome these problems in order to convey their intended meaning. [1] Strategies used may include paraphrasing, substitution, coining new words, switching to the first language, and asking for clarification.
Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...
In A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (1926) Henry Watson Fowler says, "It is the second-rate writers, those intent rather on expressing themselves prettily than on conveying their meaning clearly, & still more those whose notions of style are based on a few misleading rules of thumb, that are chiefly open to the allurements of elegant ...
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Clarification, clarifications, or clarify may refer to: Clarification (cooking), purification of broths; Clarification, preparation of clarified butter; Clarification and stabilization of wine; Clarification (water treatment) "Clarifications" , The Wire episode; The Clarification, Declaration Concerning Status of Catholics Becoming Freemasons
Dead people in a graveyard being referred to as inhabitants is an example of catachresis. [8] Example from Alexander Pope's Peri Bathous, Or the Art of Sinking in Poetry: Masters of this [catachresis] will say, Mow the beard, Shave the grass, Pin the plank, Nail my sleeve. [9]