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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 ...
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
This word refers to a large, dark-brown animal that lives in (or around) African rivers. They are renowned for their barrel-shaped bodies, enormous heads and short legs.
So given two synonyms, one is senior and one junior. Given three synonyms, one is senior and two junior: if A is senior to B, and B is senior to C, A must be senior to B and C. So you only need to consider a pair in the definition; that there is one senior synonym and (N-1) junior synonyms in a set of N synonyms then follows logically.
What I liked about Storyworth. There’s a lot to like about Storyworth, assuming you either choose to answer the questions yourself or choose to pepper a willing participant.
Though most dictionaries quote the origin of this word as unknown, a popular theory regarding the word's origin has been this bet/invention tale. This bet was believd to have taken place in 1791 and Daly hired a bunch of street urchins to write the word “quiz”(meaningless then) on walls around Dublin, and within 24 hours the word caught up.
Hypallage (/ h aɪ ˈ p æ l ə dʒ iː /; from the Greek: ὑπαλλαγή, hypallagḗ, "interchange, exchange") is a figure of speech in which the syntactic relationship between two terms is interchanged, [1] or – more frequently – a modifier is syntactically linked to an item other than the one that it modifies semantically. [2]
Cultural literacy is a term coined by American educator and literary critic E. D. Hirsch, referring to the ability to understand and participate fluently in a given culture. Cultural literacy is an analogy to literacy proper (the ability to read and write letters).