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    SCANSION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Analysis of verse into metrical patternsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("scansion" is a kind of...):

    beat; cadence; measure; meter; metre ((prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse)

    Derivation:

    scan (read metrically)

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