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1. the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.
2. the expression so substituted: “To pass away” is a euphemism for “to die.” |
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1. the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration), as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable (vocalic alliteration), as in each to all.
2. the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter, as in apt alliteration's artful aid. |
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1. the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand |
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1. true to fact; not exaggerated; actual or factual
2.Conforming or limited to the simplest, nonfigurative, or most obvious meaning of a word or words. |
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speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning, speech or writing employing figures of speech |
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1. a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”
2. an instance of such a figure of speech or a use of words exemplifying it. |
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1. a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”
2. something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol. |
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1. the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, esp. as a rhetorical figure. |
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1. obvious and intentional exaggeration.
2. an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.” |
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1. a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication: an allusion to Shakespeare.
2. the act of alluding.
3. Obsolete. a metaphor; parable. |
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1. a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication: an allusion to Shakespeare.
2. the act of alluding.
3. Obsolete. a metaphor; parable. |
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1. an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected. |
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1. style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words: good diction.
2. the accent, inflection, intonation, and speech-sound quality manifested by an individual speaker, usually judged in terms of prevailing standards of acceptability; enunciation. |
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1. a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting.
2. a unifying or dominant idea, motif, etc., as in a work of art. |
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1. the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively: the dim imagery of a dream.
2. pictorial images.
3. the use of rhetorical images. |
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1. intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
2. inclined to teach or lecture others too much: a boring, didactic speaker.
3. teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson. |
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1. the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character. |
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a system or orderly arrangement. |
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(of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious. |
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1. an act or instance of connoting.
2. the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.” Compare denotation (def. 1).
3. Logic. the set of attributes constituting the meaning of a term and thus determining the range of objects to which that term may be applied; comprehension; intension. |
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1. the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it; the association or set of associations that a word usually elicits for most speakers of a language, as distinguished from those elicited for any individual speaker because of personal experience. |
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1. expressed in few words; concise; terse.
2. characterized by conciseness or verbal brevity.
3. compressed into a small area, scope, or compass |
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characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy: a verbose report. |
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1. penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant: an incisive tone of voice.
2. remarkably clear and direct; sharp; keen; acute: an incisive method of summarizing the issue. |
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involved, indicated, or suggested without being directly or explicitly stated; tacitly understood: an implied rebuke; an implied compliment. |
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1. the position or relation of parallels.
2. agreement in direction, tendency, or character; the state or condition of being parallel. |
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1. an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast.
2. the state of being close together or side by side. |
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