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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
The second part of a play, in which the action begins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: ancient drama
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noun
The addition of a concluding sentence that merely emphasizes what has already been stated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
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noun
The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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History
From Ancient Greek ἐπίτασις (epítasis, “stretching”), from ἐπιτείνω (epiteínō, “to stretch”), from ἐπί (epí) + τείνω (teínō, “stretch”).
