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ASSONANT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables
Classified under:
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:
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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