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alliterations

alliterations is the plural of alliteration.

Meaning of alliteration

Noun

alliteration (countable and uncountable, plural alliterations)

  1. The repetition of consonant sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; such repetition specifically involving stressed syllables.
    • So fish fury all round, as there has been in the past. And as an aside, that alliteration was, sadly, not mine that of a former political correspondent of the Daily Record, John Deans, and applied to the 'cod wars' with Iceland.2018 March 20, “Fish fury flares over Brussels Brexit deal”, in ITV
  2. The recurrence of the same letters or sounds in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.

Questions about alliterations

What is alliterations the plural of?
Alliterations is the plural of alliteration.

Words near alliterations in the dictionary

  1. alliterating
  2. alliteration
  3. alliterational
  4. alliterationist
  5. alliterationists
  6. alliterations
  7. alliterative
  8. alliteratively
  9. alliterativeness
  10. alliterator
  11. alliterators

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