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Alliteration Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Alliteration has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse

"around the rock the ragged rascal ran"

2

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
rhyme
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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