Definition of alliteration Alliteration

/ʌlɪˈtɚejˌʃʌn/ - [ulitereyshun] - al•lit•er•a•tion

We found 8 definitions of alliteration from 7 different sources.

What does alliteration mean?

Noun Plural: alliterations
alliteration - use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
		initial rhyme, beginning rhyme, head rhyme
		rhyme, rime correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)

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alliteration (Noun)
The repetition of consonants at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.
alliteration (Noun)
The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.

alliteration (n.)
The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: -

alliteration
The repetition of the same sound beginning several words in close succession.

alliteration
al-lit-ėr-ā′shun, n. the recurrence of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words following close to each other, as in Churchill's 'apt alliteration's artful aid:' the recurrence of the same initial sound in the first accented syllables of words: initial rhyme—the characteristic structure of versification of Old English and Teutonic languages generally. Every alliterative couplet had two accented syllables, containing the same initial consonants, one in each of the two sections.—v.i. Allit′erate, to begin with the same letter: to constitute alliteration.—adj. Allit′erative. [Fr.—L. ad, to, and litera, a letter.]

Alliteration is when a sentence or phrase has many words starting with the same letter. It is commonly used in advertising, poetry, headlines, and tongue-twisters.

An example of alliteration is "Sally sold sea shells so she should sleep soundly so so so so sweet", and "Sally sold sea shells down by the sea shore".