Meaning

1 senses

  1. (rare)To correspond or exhibit agreement in (particularly vowel) sounds.

    Part of the magic of her poetry was her ability to have her words assonate in the most propitious places.

    correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance

Origin

From Latin assonō, from ad (“to, towards”) + sonō (“to sound, resound”).

From Latin assonō, from ad (“to, towards”) + sonō (“to sound, resound”).

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Forms

assonates, assonating, assonated, assonated
Base formassonate · to assonate
3rd person singularassonates
Present participleassonating
Past simpleassonated
Past participleassonated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyassonate
he, she, itassonates

Past simpleLesson

all personsassonated

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill assonate

Word family

2 related words
Relatedassonantassonance

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
associateB1associationA2assonanceassortedassortmentassuageassumeB1
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