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OCTAVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rhythmic group of eight lines of verse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("octave" is a kind of...):
stanza (a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A musical interval of eight tones
Synonyms:
musical octave; octave
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("octave" is a kind of...):
interval; musical interval (the difference in pitch between two notes)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A feast day and the seven days following it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("octave" is a kind of...):
church festival; religious festival (a festival having religious significance)
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