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Meaning of alliteration

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

alliteration

Pronunciation:/əˌlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/

noun

Definitions

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

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