| English Dictionary |
ASSONATE
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does assonate mean?
• ASSONATE (verb)
The verb ASSONATE has 1 sense:
1. correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance
Familiarity information: ASSONATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
The accented vowels assonated in this poem
Hypernyms (to "assonate" is one way to...):
rhyme; rime (be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
assonance (the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words)
assonant (having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables)
assonant (having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Speak not of what you have read, but about what you have understood." (Azerbaijani proverb)
"Blood can never turn into water." (Arabic proverb)
"Being able to feel it on wooden shoes." (Dutch proverb)