Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To exhibit alliteration.

    use alliteration as a form of poetry

  2. (transitive)To use (a word or sound) so as to make alliteration.

Translations

2 languages

Origin

Back-formation from alliteration.

Back-formation from alliteration.

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Forms

alliterates, alliterating, alliterated, alliterated
Base formalliterate · to alliterate
3rd person singularalliterates
Present participlealliterating
Past simplealliterated
Past participlealliterated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyalliterate
he, she, italliterates

Past simpleLesson

all personsalliterated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave alliterated
he, she, ithas alliterated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill alliterate

Synonyms

1 synonyms
exhibit alliteration:alliterize

Word family

5 related words
Relatedalliterativealliterationalliterator
Derivednonalliteratedunalliterated

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
allianceB2alligatoralliterationallocate
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