HEROIC COUPLET

Meaning of HEROIC COUPLET in English

noun

( technical ) two lines of poetry one after the other that rhyme and usually contain ten syllables and five stresses

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

HEROIC COUPLET — noun Date: 1828 a rhyming couplet in iambic pentameter
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HEROIC COUPLET — noun : a couplet of rhyming iambic pentameters often forming a distinct rhetorical as well as metrical unit
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEROIC COUPLET — Pros. a stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter, esp. one forming a rhetorical unit and written in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEROIC COUPLET — Date: 1828 : a rhyming couplet in iambic pentameter
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HEROIC COUPLET — Function: noun Date: 1828 : a rhyming couplet in iambic pentameter
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HEROIC COUPLET — ■ noun (in verse) a pair of rhyming iambic pentameters.
Concise Oxford English vocab
HEROIC COUPLET — [heroic couplet] n (1889): a rhyming couplet in iambic pentameter
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HEROIC COUPLET — a couplet of rhyming iambic pentameters often forming a distinct rhetorical as well as metrical unit. The origin of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
HEROIC COUPLET — heˌroic ˈcouplet BrE AmE noun [countable] a pair of lines in poetry which end with the same sound and have …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HEROIC COUPLET — Героический стих
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HEROIC — (-óic) adj heroic(al); (remedio, etc.) heroic [Med.] heroic (remedy, etc.)
Interlingua English vocab
COUPLET — noun Etymology: Middle French, diminutive of Old French cuple, couple Date: 1580 two successive lines of verse forming a unit …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COUPLET — Two successive lines of verse. A couplet is marked usually by rhythmic correspondence, rhyme, or the inclusion of a self-contained …
Английский словарь Британика
HEROIC — I. hə̇ˈrōik, heˈ-, hēˈ-, -ōēk adjective also he·ro·i·cal -ōə̇kəl, -ōēk- Etymology: Latin heroicus, from Greek hērōikos, from hērōs hero + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COUPLET — ˈkəplə̇t noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French, diminutive of couple pair — more at couple 1. : two successive …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEROIC — (a.) Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises.
Английский словарь Webster
HEROIC — (a.) Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; …
Английский словарь Webster
COUPLET — (n.) Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.
Английский словарь Webster
HEROIC — ( a. ) Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HEROIC — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COUPLET — ( n. ) Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HEROIC — — heroically , adv. — heroicalness, heroicness, heroicity /hear'oh is"i tee/ , n. /hi roh"ik/ , adj. 1. Also, heroical …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COUPLET — /kup"lit/ , n. 1. a pair of successive lines of verse, esp. a pair that rhyme and are of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COUPLET — n. two rhyming lines of verse (Poetry)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HEROIC — I. hi-ˈrō-ik also her-ˈō- or hē-ˈrō- adjective also he·ro·ical -i-kəl Date: 1549 1. : of, relating to, resembling, or suggesting …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COUPLET — noun Etymology: Middle French, diminutive of Old French cuple, couple Date: 1580 1. : two successive lines of verse forming …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HEROIC — adj worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises. 2. heroic ·adj larger than life …
Webster English vocab
COUPLET — noun two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.
Webster English vocab
COUPLET — ■ noun a pair of successive lines of verse, typically rhyming and of the same length. Origin C16: from Fr., …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HEROIC — [he.ro.ic] also he.ro.ical adj (1549) 1: of, relating to, or resembling heroes esp. of antiquity 2. a: exhibiting or marked …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COUPLET — [cou.plet] n [MF, dim. of cople] (1580) 1: two successive lines of verse forming a unit marked usu. by rhythmic …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COUPLET — a pair of end-rhymed lines of verse that are self-contained in grammatical structure and meaning. A couplet may be formal …
Britannica English vocabulary
HEROIC — heroic BrE AmE hə ˈrəʊ ɪk hɪ-, he- AmE \ -ˈroʊ ɪk ▷ heroic|al ə l ▷ heroic|ally ə l‿i …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COUPLET — couplet BrE AmE ˈkʌp lət -lɪt ▷ couplet|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HEROIC — / həˈrəʊɪk; NAmE -ˈroʊ-/ adjective 1. showing extreme courage and admired by many people SYN courageous : a heroic figure …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COUPLET — / ˈkʌplət; NAmE / noun two lines of poetry of equal length one after the other : a poem written …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEROIC — he ‧ ro ‧ ic /hɪˈrəʊɪk $ -ˈroʊ-/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . extremely brave or determined, and admired by …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COUPLET — coup ‧ let /ˈkʌplət, ˈkʌplɪt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: Old French cople …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HEROIC — adj. & n. --adj. 1 a (of an act or a quality) of or fit for a hero. b (of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COUPLET — n. Prosody two successive lines of verse, usu. rhyming and of the same length. [F dimin. of couple, formed as …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HEROIC — adj. & n. adj. 1 a (of an act or a quality) of or fit for a hero. b (of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COUPLET — n. Prosody two successive lines of verse, usu. rhyming and of the same length. [ F dimin. of couple, formed …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HEROIC — adj. & n. --adj. 1. a (of an act or a quality) of or fit for a hero. b (of …
Oxford English vocab
COUPLET — n. Prosody two successive lines of verse, usu. rhyming and of the same length. Etymology: F dimin. of couple, formed …
Oxford English vocab
HEROIC — ( heroics) 1. If you describe a person or their actions as heroic , you admire them because they show …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COUPLET — ( couplets) A couplet is two lines of poetry which come next to each other, especially two lines that rhyme …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEROIC — (~s) 1. If you describe a person or their actions as ~, you admire them because they show extreme bravery. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
COUPLET — (~s) A ~ is two lines of poetry which come next to each other, especially two lines that rhyme with …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HEROIC — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a heroic act (= very brave ) ▪ Ordinary people sometimes find themselves performing heroic …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COUPLET — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES heroic couplet rhyming couplets (= pairs of lines that end in words that rhyme ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEROIC — [adjective]He was famed for heroic (= brave) deeds during the war.(informal) If you make a heroic attempt or effort to …
Cambridge English vocab
COUPLET — [noun] [C] - two lines of poetry next to each other, esp. ones which rhyme and have the same length …
Cambridge English vocab
COUPLET — n. Two successive lines of verse. A couplet is marked usually by rhythmic correspondence, rhyme, or the inclusion of a …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HEROIC — Synonyms and related words : Alcaic, Anacreontic, Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Castalian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean, Homeric, Hudibrastic, Pierian, Pindaric, Theocritean, abysmal, acknowledged, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COUPLET — Synonyms and related words : Spenserian stanza, antistrophe, book, both, brace, burden, canto, chorus, couple, distich, double harness, doublet, duad, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COUPLET — n. Two verses ( especially that rhyme ), pair of rhymes, distich.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
HEROIC — adj. VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ truly , very ▪ a truly ~ battle ▪ almost Heroic is used with …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HEROIC — adj. 25B6; adjective heroic rescuers : BRAVE, courageous, valiant, valorous, lionhearted, intrepid, bold, fearless, daring, audacious; unafraid, undaunted, dauntless, doughty, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
COUPLET — n. a rhyming ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
HEROIC — adj. 1 brave, courageous, bold, valiant, valorous, undaunted, dauntless, stout-hearted, noble, intrepid, gallant, chivalrous, daring, plucky, audacious, fearless, manly, virile, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HEROIC — 1. прил. 1) а) героический (относящийся к античным героям) heroic age, heroic time ≈ героический век, героическое время б) героический, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COUPLET — сущ. рифмованное двустишие рифмованное двустишие (архитектура) двухсветное окно (музыкальное) дубль couplet рифмованное двустишие
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HEROIC — heroic.ogg 1. hıʹrəʋık n 1. = heroic verse см. heroic II 2, 1> 2. pl высокопарные выражения to indulge in …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COUPLET — couplet.ogg ʹkʌplıt n 1. рифмованное двустишие 2. архит. двухсветное окно 3. муз. дубль
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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