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/əˈlitəˌrāt/,
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alliterated, past tense; alliterated, past participle; alliterates, 3rd person singular present; alliterating, present participle;
  1. (of a phrase or line of verse) Contain words that begin with the same sound or letter
    • - his first and last names alliterated
  2. Use words that begin with the same sound or letter

  1. use alliteration as a form of poetry
  2. (alliterative) having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable; "alliterative verse"
  3. (Alliteracy) Aliteracy (sometimes spelled alliteracy) is the state of being able to read but being uninterested in doing so. ...
  4. (Alliterative) In poetry, alliteration refers to repetition of a consonant in any syllables that, according to the poem's meter, are stressed as if they occurred at the beginning of a word, as in James Thomson's verse "Come…dragging the lazy languid Line along" .
  5. (alliteration) The repetition of consonants at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter
  6. (alliteration) poetic device; the first consonant sounds or in words or syllables are repeated.
  7. (Alliteration) An instance in which two or more words in close proximity begin with the same sound.
  8. (Alliteration) The same consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a sentence or a line of poetry. For example, the sound of P in Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
  9. (Alliteration) A series of words in a sentence all beginning with the same sound. For example: Sing a song of six-pence.
  10. (Alliteration) repetition of the first sound --usually a consonant sound--in several words of a sentence or a line of poetry.
  11. (Alliteration) words with recurring initial sounds.
  12. (Alliteration) One of my favorite attention-getting ploys for certain types of writing. Where the first letters (or a group of letter-sounds) of many of the words in a phrase are the same: Building Believable Bad Guys, one of my upcoming book titles, uses alliteration. ...
  13. (Alliteration) Used for poetic effect, a repitition of the initial sounds of several words in a group. The following line from Robert Frost's poem "Acquainted with the Night provides us with an example of alliteration,": I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet. ...
  14. (Alliteration) repetition of sounds, usually the first letters of successive words, or words that are close together. Alliteration usually applies only to consonants.
  15. (Alliteration) repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence.
  16. (Alliteration) the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in neighboring words.  For example,  Rain reigns roughly through the day; Fine feathered friends; gray as the gloomy sky.
  17. (Alliteration) the repetition of initial consonant sounds used for emphasis to create mood, to unify lines, to reinforce meaning and to impart musical quality. (dental, refers to ‘d’ sound; fricatives to the ‘f’ or ‘th’ sounds; labial to the ‘l’ sound)
  18. (alliteration) Repetition of initial sound or sound cluster. Old English poetry was (like old Germanic poetry) alliterative, with metricality determined by the number of alliterative words in stressed positions. ...
  19. (Alliteration) repetition of initial sounds. Example: “Cloudless climes and starry skies” (Lord Byron)
  20. (Alliteration) A form of slant rhyme created by repeating the same sound at the beginning of words. Ex: The silver sky screams at the shining beams from the shimmering moon.
  21. (Alliteration) Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words. Alliteration is used to create melody, establish mood, call attention to important words, and point out similarities and contrasts. Example: wide-eyed and wondering while we wait for others to waken.
  22. (Alliteration) Repetition of a consonant in a phrase (e.g. Harry had a hole in his hard hat)
  23. (Alliteration) The reiterated initial consonants of the proximate words in a poem. For more details, click the page from the University of Victoria, or that written by Ted Nellen.
  24. (Alliteration) This is the recurrence of initial consonant sounds within a sentence or line of a poem. Often several words are placed next to each other and are alliterated into one sentence. This is useful for emphasis as well as expressing particular emotions. ...
  25. (Alliteration) We learn by examples, so let’s have more of them. “In the soft summer cold was the sun.” The sound of s is repeated for a poetical rhythm and pleasure. That’s called alliteration.