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ASSONANT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

rhymed; rhyming; riming (having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds)

Derivation:

assonance (the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words)

assonate (correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables

Example:

note the assonant words and syllables in 'tilting at windmills'

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

same (closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree)

Domain category:

rhyme; rime (correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds))

Derivation:

assonance (the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words)

assonate (correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance)

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