| NOUN | communication | metrical unit, metrical foot, foot | (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm |
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| Meaning | (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm. | |
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| Synonyms | metrical foot, foot | |
| Category | prosody, metrics | The study of poetic meter and the art of versification |
| Narrower | amphibrach | A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., 'remember') |
| anapest, anapaest | A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables | |
| dactyl | A metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables | |
| iamb, iambus | A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables | |
| pyrrhic, dibrach | A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables | |
| spondee | A metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables | |
| trochee | A metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables | |
| Broader | meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
| Spanish | pie, unidad métrica | |
| Catalan | peu, unitat mètrica | |
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