| NOUN | communication | anapaest, anapest | a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables |
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| Meaning | A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables. | |
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| Synonym | anapest | |
| Broader | metrical foot, foot, metrical unit | (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm |
| Spanish | anapesto | |
| Catalan | anapest | |
| Adjectives | anapaestic | (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one |
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