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noun
The act, art, or practice of composing poetic verse; the construction or measure of verse or poetry; metrical composition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
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noun
The process by which the books of the Bible were divided into verses; a particular way of dividing biblical books into verses
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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noun
the art or practice of writing verse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: writing, authorship, composition, penning
noun
the form or metrical composition of a poem
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: form
Narrower terms: poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody, rhyme, rime
noun
a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: adaptation, version
History
From verse + -ification.
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
