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CAESURA
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Irregular inflected form: caesurae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("caesura" is a kind of...):
inflection; prosody (the patterns of stress and intonation in a language)
Derivation:
caesural (of or relating to a caesura)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A pause or interruption (as in a conversation)
Example:
after an ominous caesura the preacher continued
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("caesura" is a kind of...):
break; intermission; interruption; pause; suspension (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something)
Derivation:
caesural (of or relating to a caesura)
