rhyme
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A thought expressed in verse.
Pronunciation
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rymIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɹaɪm
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
uncountable
Rhyming: sameness of letters or sounds of part of some words.
countableuncountable
Rhyming verse (poetic form)
A thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse.
countablein particular
A word that rhymes with another, in that it is pronounced identically with the other word from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.
(informal, by extension, African-American Vernacular, hip hop, always plural) A rapper's oeuvre, lyricism or skill.
verb
transitive
To place (a word or words) in such a way as to produce a rhyme or an approximation thereof.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C1 · Advanced
- Frequency
- Uncommon
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
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This meaning: Rhyming: sameness of letters or sounds of part of some words.
Used this way, rhyme is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use rhyme
- “Norse poetry is littered with rhymes like "sól... sunnan".”noun
- “The poem exhibits a peculiar form of rhyme.”noun
- “Many editors say they don't want stories written in rhyme.”noun
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Inflected forms
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Having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds.
Compound terms
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A stanza form having seven lines of iambic pentameter.
Slang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component.
An imperfect rhyme (e.g., `love' and `move').
Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse.
Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse.
A rhyme between words in the same line.
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